The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . ight. I am notgoing to tell you what breed of hen I mated with him, butI managed to get eighteen chickens from the pair. The firstseason I had not a single gray one amongst them, but therewere two pullets excellent in shape, good foot fealthers andexcellent Brahma heads and combs. In color they weresomething like very bad colored Light Brahmas with a fairamount of brown in them. I mated these two with the sixand one-half pound cock, and the next season every chickhat
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . ight. I am notgoing to tell you what breed of hen I mated with him, butI managed to get eighteen chickens from the pair. The firstseason I had not a single gray one amongst them, but therewere two pullets excellent in shape, good foot fealthers andexcellent Brahma heads and combs. In color they weresomething like very bad colored Light Brahmas with a fairamount of brown in them. I mated these two with the sixand one-half pound cock, and the next season every chickhatched was a gdod gray color, but only three showed muchsign of penciling. H6wever, with careful selection, alwayschoosing the pullets with the finest bone, I managed to getone fit for exhibition in 1889. I was very proud of her. Sheweighed thirty-two ounces when in full feather. I won afirst prize with her in a mixed class the first time I exhibitedher. I then had several successful seasons with this variety,and in 1893 I bred what I believe to be (and it was also theopinion of many of our best judges) the most perfect Dark. LIGHT AND DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. By Courtesy of Feathered World. Among and the a mistake and one thait gives Brahma Bantam breeders considerabletrouble to this day. Any breeder of the Booted Bantams willhave noticed the great prepotency of this variety, with hislegs close together, vulture hocked, and worse still, a spacewithout feathers on the shanks just under the hock. I drawattention to this fact for the guidance of our new fanciers,as traces of this Booted Bantam hlood appear in almostevery hatch, although the parents may not show any signsof these defects. It is also a curious thing that those defectsare mudi more strongly marked in the cockerels than in thepullets. ENGLISH DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. I did not commence to manufacture my strain of DarkBrahmas until 1884. The cockerel that I commenced withwas one of a well known large strain. He was hatched late
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