The mating and breeding of poultry . towardtoo much mottling. Then, too, there is a tendency for thebirds to molt lighter with each successive molt, so that dark birds are prefer-able as Fig. may alsooccur red inhackle, saddleand wing bowsof males. Donot use such abird for breed-ing except whenthe red feathersare few in num-ber, and themale is out ofbirds free fromthis defecty andis an exception-ally good speci-men otherwise.^\llen hatched, the chicks are canary and young stock should not be culled too young, as manyshowing too much white will molt in good in co
The mating and breeding of poultry . towardtoo much mottling. Then, too, there is a tendency for thebirds to molt lighter with each successive molt, so that dark birds are prefer-able as Fig. may alsooccur red inhackle, saddleand wing bowsof males. Donot use such abird for breed-ing except whenthe red feathersare few in num-ber, and themale is out ofbirds free fromthis defecty andis an exception-ally good speci-men otherwise.^\llen hatched, the chicks are canary and young stock should not be culled too young, as manyshowing too much white will molt in good in color whenfully developed. White in face is not a troublesome defectin this breed. There is a tendency on the part of manybreeders to try to get their birds too large. Do not try tobreed beyond standard size, as this tends to hurt their typeand also their egg production. In mating this variety, the following defects must beguarded against in so far as possible: too large combs inboth sexes; side sprigs; too many points to comb; thumb-. 69—Singrle Comb Anc^na female showinjr the te-nd- ency to grow lighter in color with age. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Indu^stry, United States Department of Agriculture.) THE MEDITERRANEAN CLASS 191 marked combs in both sexes; comb of female not erect infront, but flat on head, as in the Minorca female comb; whitein face; red in ear lobes, especially in males; too much whitein wing flights and secondaries and in main tail feathers;ashy color in the white tip in both sexes; red in hackle,saddle and wing bows of males; purple barring in bothsexes; too high tails; willow legs which are more preva-lent in males than in females. The Rose Comb Ancona In mating this variety, the same points must be consideredas in the Single Comb variety, except in the matter of rose comb should be of the same shape as the Leghornrose comb, but if anything slightly smaller in the male. Itis necessary to guard against combs in both sexes which a
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