. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 244 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION variety is an even shade of rich fawn buff with the excep- tion of the head and the upper part of the neck in the drake which are of a seal-brown color. The standard weights are one pound hghter in each class than in the Pekin. Swedish. The Swedish duck, or, as it is sometimes called, the Blue Swedish, is quite similar to the Pekin in type, but smaller. The plumage of the Blue Swedish is a steel blue in all sections except that it has a white bib on the neck. Figure 237.—Fawn and White Runner drake. Figure 23S,—Blue Swe
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 244 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION variety is an even shade of rich fawn buff with the excep- tion of the head and the upper part of the neck in the drake which are of a seal-brown color. The standard weights are one pound hghter in each class than in the Pekin. Swedish. The Swedish duck, or, as it is sometimes called, the Blue Swedish, is quite similar to the Pekin in type, but smaller. The plumage of the Blue Swedish is a steel blue in all sections except that it has a white bib on the neck. Figure 237.—Fawn and White Runner drake. Figure 23S,—Blue Swedish drake. and the two main flight feathers are pure white. The standard weights are: Adult drake 8 lbs., young drake 63^ lbs., adult duck 7 lbs., young duck 5}^ lbs. THE EGG CLASS Indian Runner. There is but one standard variety in- cluded in this class, that being the Indian Runner, or, as it is sometimes called, the Runner Duck. While this breed is noted for its high egg production, at the same time, having a yellow skin, it makes good broilers when weighing from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
Size: 1930px × 1295px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectpoultry, bookyear1920
