Original American productions Standard bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff and black .. . ANDOTTES. arger and better bono, are free from feathers onshanks and toes, and all of thom have the true Wyandotte b, bright rod ear-lobes and yellow logs, l speak of theMcKeen strain. In selecting breeding stock, either male or female, youshould first soo that they havo tho truo Wyandotte yellow legs and bright bay eyes. Tho oar-lobes andwattles should bo bright red. free from white, and above alldo not permit in your brooding yards of any variety of Wy-andottes excepting th
Original American productions Standard bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff and black .. . ANDOTTES. arger and better bono, are free from feathers onshanks and toes, and all of thom have the true Wyandotte b, bright rod ear-lobes and yellow logs, l speak of theMcKeen strain. In selecting breeding stock, either male or female, youshould first soo that they havo tho truo Wyandotte yellow legs and bright bay eyes. Tho oar-lobes andwattles should bo bright red. free from white, and above alldo not permit in your brooding yards of any variety of Wy-andottes excepting the white, a bird having white in itsplumage, for it will be more abundant in the offspring andonce it is Introduced it is almost impossible to breed it out. As so mncb depends on the male bird great care shouldbe taken in his selection. After satisfying yourself that hehas the proper symmetry and that he has a good, full saddlerising with a concave swoop to the tail, which should not betoo large or carried too high—then see that he has a broad,deep, well-rounded breast, in color greenish-black, free from. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE from a Yearling Hen, Bred by W. A. Doolittle. brown or red, with a slate under-color. If there is red orbrown in the breast of the male bird he will throw pullets incolor and markings similar to a Brown Leghorn pullet andbrown will predominate in the breast color of his male possible choose a bird which as a chick had a well-pen-ciled breast like that of the females and which had richlylaced coverts. Such a male will produce well-laced females,and if his breast as a matured bird is glossy black free fromred or brown, his males will also be properly marked. Inthis way good males and females are obtained from a singlemating. His nook should bo short and well-arched with a largeflowing hackle, in color red or orange red, with a distinctblack stripe extending down each feather and tapering to apoint near its extremity. His back should b
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