The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . h hear of superb specimens of this variety being shown inEngland; but their idea of color of Partridge Cochins andours differ so much that due allowance must be made inthis line. The writer is now breeding a strain of PartridgeCochin Bantams that are small in size, fine in form, and verygood in color and penciling. These birds show good lengthof feather and iiuff, also line foot feathers, and it is my beliefthat within a fe_w they will be fully the equ
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . h hear of superb specimens of this variety being shown inEngland; but their idea of color of Partridge Cochins andours differ so much that due allowance must be made inthis line. The writer is now breeding a strain of PartridgeCochin Bantams that are small in size, fine in form, and verygood in color and penciling. These birds show good lengthof feather and iiuff, also line foot feathers, and it is my beliefthat within a fe_w they will be fully the equal of thevery best Cochin Bantams. This strain has its origin inEnglish bred birds, crossed on a small St3,ndard female andrecrossed on the imported stock. We can now feel assuredof a good foundation in this variety. The winners at NewYork and Boston last winter were a sample of what thestock may be expected to produce. The same stock won overall others at both New York and Boston in 1898, provingtheir quality. Past experience in breeding this variety has taught methe great importance of color in the male bird used to pro-. MR. J. FALLENS WHITE BOOTED HEN, 1st Palace, 1899. jj MR. M. THOMPSONS JAPANESE COCK. £y Courtesy of Feathered World. duce pullets. Of all the birds produced last season (1897)not one male bird had to be destroyed for lack of Standardcolor. Many pullets were of no value, their color and pen-ciling being so defective. To produce the proper color offemale the deepest red possible to obtain in males is nec-essary. Having been produced with a Black Breasted RedBantam cross, but few of the males formerly. showed goodpfenciling in hackle. This is improved by the cross with aStandard or large Partridge Cochin female, and now bothhackle and .saddle show indications of the black stripe. Another fault in this variety is the tendency to longbeak, fashioned after the Game Bantams. Great attentionmust be paid to this, for it detracts from the Cochin formand beauty. The
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