. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. ite or black ; but in an oldbird a little white is almost certain to appear,and, although by no means desirable, I shouldnot penalise it much. Ioot and shank feathersshould be the same colour as breast and flufT,also free from black or white in a cockerel ; but,like the flight feathers, in many cases a littlewhite appears in the second year. The colour of the hen should be of an evensoft bufi throughout, with no suspicion of red orbricky tinge. All wing, foot, and shank feathersmust be free fro
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. ite or black ; but in an oldbird a little white is almost certain to appear,and, although by no means desirable, I shouldnot penalise it much. Ioot and shank feathersshould be the same colour as breast and flufT,also free from black or white in a cockerel ; but,like the flight feathers, in many cases a littlewhite appears in the second year. The colour of the hen should be of an evensoft bufi throughout, with no suspicion of red orbricky tinge. All wing, foot, and shank feathersmust be free from black. In no case shouldthe rib of the feathers show, but the buff colourmust run down the fluff to the skin. I dislikea hen with a chalky fluff much more than oneof lighter top colour. For some time I noticed in the poultryjournals a controversy going on respectingcolour feeding. I am no believer in the system,for, in the first place, perfectly coloured buffbirds can be bred without any artificial feeding,and in the second, I should say birds so fedwould be useless for breeding purposes. As a. BREEDING BUFF COCHINS. 245 matter of fact my buff Cochins have never beensubject to any such treatment, and I am quitecertain I shall never allow it in my yards. In mating up a breeding pen, I select acockerel that has not been exhibited, if possible,and do not mind if rather late hatched. Hemust have a neat, well-serrated comb, short,heavily feathered shanks and feet, especially themiddle toe, together with a broad back, fullbreast, and plenty of fluff He must be perfectlysound in colour, with a small, clear buff flights and fluff buff to the skin ; if just ashade darker on the wing I do not object, butat the same time I strongly object to a redbacked or tri-coloured bird, many of whichhave been awarded prizes and used for breedingby the inexperienced breeder, much to the detri-ment of the colour of the offspring, more espe-cially of the pullets bred from such, as theycome mo
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