The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . amburg,.havingthe old time, moon-shaped spangles on a dark reddish bay groundcolor. The indications might lead us to believe that both theRed Caps and the Golden Spangled Hamburgs trace to the sameancestry. There was a time when the Hamburgs were knownas Lancashire Mooneys, a name suggesting the moon shapedspangle of the Red Cap female. There is a wider difference inthe color of the male and female of the Red Cap than in theHamburg, the breast of the male of the former being often solidblack, a
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . amburg,.havingthe old time, moon-shaped spangles on a dark reddish bay groundcolor. The indications might lead us to believe that both theRed Caps and the Golden Spangled Hamburgs trace to the sameancestry. There was a time when the Hamburgs were knownas Lancashire Mooneys, a name suggesting the moon shapedspangle of the Red Cap female. There is a wider difference inthe color of the male and female of the Red Cap than in theHamburg, the breast of the male of the former being often solidblack, and the tail also is unbroken in its glossy black color,while the surface color of the Hamburg has been bred into alarge spangle at the end of the feathers in both sexes. The earlobes of the two races, as they are now, are entirely different,the Red Cap with pendulous red lobes, the Hamburg with largeflat lobes of spotless white. THE ORPINGTONS An English Breed Comparatively New in that Country WhichHas Rapidly Become Popular in America. The late William Cook is credited with being the originator. Single Comb White Orpington Male. ORPINGTONS. 61
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