. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 374 POULTRY CULTURE. Fig. 368. Silver-Spangled Hamburg cockerel the Spangled Hamburgs in America are usually larger than the others; they are also plumper-bodied, suggesting kinship to the Polish. The plumage of the golden variety is a dark bay ground with a black spangle at the tip of each feather, ex- cept that the hackle and saddle of the male have a black stripe and the tail is black. The silver variety has black span- gles on a white ground throughout. Black Hamburgs. The Black Hamburg was probably made in England by crossing the Bla
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 374 POULTRY CULTURE. Fig. 368. Silver-Spangled Hamburg cockerel the Spangled Hamburgs in America are usually larger than the others; they are also plumper-bodied, suggesting kinship to the Polish. The plumage of the golden variety is a dark bay ground with a black spangle at the tip of each feather, ex- cept that the hackle and saddle of the male have a black stripe and the tail is black. The silver variety has black span- gles on a white ground throughout. Black Hamburgs. The Black Hamburg was probably made in England by crossing the Black Game on the Golden-Spangled Hamburg. White Hamburgs. The White Hamburg is said to have been produced in America by systematic breeding of the lightest-colored Silver-Penciled Hamburgs. Note. Before the Leghorns became known in America, Ham- burgs were quite popular, sharing with other known races of the lay- ing type the favor of those who preferred fowls of that type. In disposition they are more nervous than the Leghorn and less easily restrained. In general they have been considered as good layers as Leghorns though producing smaller eggs. The numbers kept now are not sufficient to afford any reliable indications of differences in laying properties in the varieties of Ham- burgs, if there are such differences. The spangled varieties, particulariy the silver, are very plump and meaty when matured. With a great deal of merit, they are still inferior to the Mediterranean races of their type, and have generally been displaced by them except as they are bred by fanciers for their color and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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