The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . est Hou-dans of France; we have seen fair specimens of the breed intheir native country, though we must confess that they werenot equal to the best models we found in the show rooms ofEngland or America. As a representative of the fancy show points desired bythe English breeders in the Houdan, we cannot offer betterthan the portrait of Mrs. T. Aldworths winner of the LordMayors cup at the Dairy Show, England, The London StockKeeper said of him: The bird himself may, so far as correct-ness of sh
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . est Hou-dans of France; we have seen fair specimens of the breed intheir native country, though we must confess that they werenot equal to the best models we found in the show rooms ofEngland or America. As a representative of the fancy show points desired bythe English breeders in the Houdan, we cannot offer betterthan the portrait of Mrs. T. Aldworths winner of the LordMayors cup at the Dairy Show, England, The London StockKeeper said of him: The bird himself may, so far as correct-ness of shape is concerned, be regarded as one of the finestspecimens of his variety that has yet appeared. The chief ex- HOUDANS 71 ception, if not the only serious one, that can be raised againsthim is his comparative smallness of size, but his shortcomingsin this respect are amply compensated for by his feathering,shape, style, and excellent comb, the latter point being one ofthe most perfect that we have seen in a long time. It will benoticed that in the above special attention is given to the perfect. A Pair of Standard Houdans. form of the birds comb and also that this leaf comb is thesame original type of comb selected and so closely adhered toby the BYench for their favorite Houdan. We do not know justat what time the Americans caused a change in the Houdanstandard of comb, but it is to be regretted that many have beenled to believe that the comb of the Houdan could be bettered by 72 POULTRY MANUAL. selecting it, like that found on the Polish, viz.: the very smallV comb. We look for the day when the Houdan fanciers ofAmerica will recognize the mistake, and that judges will encour-age the true leaf comb of the true Houdan again. The Houdan, like the Dorking, must have well-shaped toes,a fifth claw that ends downwards is a poor thing for the birdscomfort, continually being bruised and causing the bird to suf-fer. The French claim for their Houdans that they will dress one-fifth hea
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