The mating and breeding of poultry . greatvigor and substance. Also select, if possible, a male ofgood color which is out of a well-marked female. Insuch a mating the principal defects to guard against arewhite in the under color of both sexes. This is especiallylikely to occur in the hackle, back and saddle of in the primary and secondary wing feathers mustalso be avoided. W^hcre this is present in only one wingit is apt to be due to injury, and is not serious, but whereit is present in both wings it is apt to be in the blood andis more serious. Also select a male whose breast isb
The mating and breeding of poultry . greatvigor and substance. Also select, if possible, a male ofgood color which is out of a well-marked female. Insuch a mating the principal defects to guard against arewhite in the under color of both sexes. This is especiallylikely to occur in the hackle, back and saddle of in the primary and secondary wing feathers mustalso be avoided. W^hcre this is present in only one wingit is apt to be due to injury, and is not serious, but whereit is present in both wings it is apt to be in the blood andis more serious. Also select a male whose breast isblack, showing no lacing of red. In the female there is often an uncertain conception ofwhat constitutes proper color. Females are shown rang-ing in ground color from a washed-out lemon to a dark,smutty walnut. The ideal ground color of the females THE ENGLISH CLASS 213 is a clear, dark red, like old polished mahogany, with adouble penciling of lustrous, greenish black. The firstpenciling is in reality a narrow lacing running evenly. ixir)z:>z,£:- r SS«^T;^!^?^^ ^^^ Cornish feathers. M indicates male and F fe^ male. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry. United States it partment of Agriculture.) 214 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY around the feather. The second penciling is within theground color of the feather, which it divides into twonearly equal parts, the central part being slightly widerthan the outer part. This second penciling is also narrowand is crescentic in form, running practically parallel tothe outer penciling or lacing. The contrast between theblack penciling and the red ground color should be dis-tinct, and heavy or wide penciling, which tends to covertoo much of the ground color, is not desired. Heavytips of black at the ends of the feathers are likewise un-desirable. Sometimes pullets occur in which the black istoo predominating, but in the second year, after the molt,this may be corrected. Females having only a singlepenciling or lacing and
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