. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. 12 THE BANTAM FOWL. VoT feiiuiles, the best rc-sults come from males of one even color of red all over. If the hackle and saddle shade into orange, so much the better. Such males, with the truest colored females, produce the best pullets. BROWN RED GAME BANTAMS. The face, comb, wattles and ear-lobes of both male and female should be dark purple. The male should be colored aj follows; The portions of the body that are red in the Black Red male should
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. 12 THE BANTAM FOWL. VoT feiiuiles, the best rc-sults come from males of one even color of red all over. If the hackle and saddle shade into orange, so much the better. Such males, with the truest colored females, produce the best pullets. BROWN RED GAME BANTAMS. The face, comb, wattles and ear-lobes of both male and female should be dark purple. The male should be colored aj follows; The portions of the body that are red in the Black Red male should be lemon colored in the Brown Red male. All other portions should be black,. -BRO^\^ RFD C,\lMl!, B\NT\MS lacing of lemon on the breast feathers. The shaft of the feathers that are laced should be of a pale lemon color, shanks and feet quite dark in color. Head and neck feath- ers should have a narrow stripe of black. All lemon colored feathers should have a light colored shaft, and saddle should be striped with black, same as neck feathers. The female should have a golden or lemon color for head, running a little lighter for neck, which should be penciled with a narrow stripe of black down the middle of each feather; the balance of the plumage should be a lustrous black, the breast feathers laced with lemon. All feathers showing the lemon lacing should be laced with the same shade as the neck feathers. Whatever shade the neck is, the breast lacing should be the same, and each feather on breast of both male and female should be evenly laced all round with a narrow edge of the same shade as neck color. The legs and feet of both male and female should be quite dark in color. If black legs can be had they are by far the best. Good colored Brown Reds bred together should produce l)oth males and females of the proper color. To keep the color true the highest grade males should be bred to the most perfect females, and to regain any lost color in males breed from females that show go
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