. The book of poultry. Poultry. § 12 BANTAM FOWLS 559 Brahmas, and not the low carriage of the Cochins; they should have soft, close-fitting hock plumage, and a plentiful supply of shank and toe feathering. The females should be of the same beautiful gray color described for the Dark Brahmas; the penciling of the feathers, as shown in Fig. 1, should be found in every portion of the plumage, including that of the shanks and toes. 14. Mating.—The rules given for ma- ting Dark Brahma fowls for producing exhibition males and females should be applied to the mating of Dark Brahma Bantams. Breed cha
. The book of poultry. Poultry. § 12 BANTAM FOWLS 559 Brahmas, and not the low carriage of the Cochins; they should have soft, close-fitting hock plumage, and a plentiful supply of shank and toe feathering. The females should be of the same beautiful gray color described for the Dark Brahmas; the penciling of the feathers, as shown in Fig. 1, should be found in every portion of the plumage, including that of the shanks and toes. 14. Mating.—The rules given for ma- ting Dark Brahma fowls for producing exhibition males and females should be applied to the mating of Dark Brahma Bantams. Breed characters must have marked consideration in selecting the Ban- tams of this variety for breeding purposes. The strong tendency toward Cochin for- ^^^' ^ mation and stiff hock plumage must be bred out of them by selecting fowls perfect, or nearly perfect, in these respects. No tendency toward other than Brahma formation should be encouraged in the LIGHT BRAHMA BANTAM 15. Origin.—^Perhaps the best strain of Liglit Brahma Bantam in America was made by intermingling the English type of Light Brahma Bantams with a small male and female selected from one of the oldest strains of the Light Brahma bred in Massachusetts. The result of the first year's mating was one cockerel of fine form and color, and two pullets of small size and beautiful markings. The pullets were mated to a male from England, and the cockerel was mated to two English hens and five English pullets. More than one hundred chicks were raised in one year from the later mating, and a few were raised from the two half-bred pullets. The best offspring from both matings were selected and mated in the fall of the same year; and in October, more than forty chicks were hatched from them, fourteen of which survived the win-. 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 re
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