The mating and breeding of poultry . Fig 78-Well-Tnarked Silver Polish feathers. ^ indicates male and F fe-male. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry. United States° ^ Department of Agriculture.) THE POLISH CLASS 237 in males, and creaminess in females. Avoid breeding frommales which show brassiness. Another defect which some-times occurs, which is not as troublesome in Wliite Polishas in some other white varieties is black ticking. However,. Tig. 79—Silver Polish pullet. Notice that the markings of thecrest feathers are the reverse of the body feathers. As the pul-let molts in as a
The mating and breeding of poultry . Fig 78-Well-Tnarked Silver Polish feathers. ^ indicates male and F fe-male. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry. United States° ^ Department of Agriculture.) THE POLISH CLASS 237 in males, and creaminess in females. Avoid breeding frommales which show brassiness. Another defect which some-times occurs, which is not as troublesome in Wliite Polishas in some other white varieties is black ticking. However,. Tig. 79—Silver Polish pullet. Notice that the markings of thecrest feathers are the reverse of the body feathers. As the pul-let molts in as a hen, the markings of the crest feathers willchange if the breeding is right so as to correspond with that ofthe body plumage. (Photograph from the Bureau of AnimalIndustry, United States Department of Agriculture.) this should be selected against in picking out the feathers occasionally occur in the shoulders and backsof males, and this must, of course, be avoided. There issome tendency toward white legs, and to offset this, usebreeders which have strong blue legs. For defects common to the breed, which must be guardedagainst, in so far as possible, see page 232. The Buff Laced Polish This is a bearded variety. There is also a plain or non-bearded Buff Laced Polish which is not as yet a standard 238 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY variety. In breeding, a single or standard mating isemployed. The general color scheme is the sam
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