. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . t mid Skin: White. Comb,Face, Ear-lobes and Wattles: Red. In the Cock.—Head: Rich red, with black stripe inhackle, but with a white tip. Wing-boxo: Red. Flights :White. Fail: Black and white. Saddle-hackle: Likethe neck.^k Body-colour: Speckled as evenly as possiblewith black, white and brown. In the Hen.—Same as cock, except that the wholebody is speckled with the three colours, and the tailalso has the three colours. They are very like the Jubilee Orpington, exceptthat the Orpington is a little deeper in colour, andinsist
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . t mid Skin: White. Comb,Face, Ear-lobes and Wattles: Red. In the Cock.—Head: Rich red, with black stripe inhackle, but with a white tip. Wing-boxo: Red. Flights :White. Fail: Black and white. Saddle-hackle: Likethe neck.^k Body-colour: Speckled as evenly as possiblewith black, white and brown. In the Hen.—Same as cock, except that the wholebody is speckled with the three colours, and the tailalso has the three colours. They are very like the Jubilee Orpington, exceptthat the Orpington is a little deeper in colour, andinsists on a mahogany stripe to the feather. TheSussex is quite as large and heavy, and has probablymore breast-meat but less fluff. The Points In all the varieties size counts for most, then typeand colour. Dejects are five toes, feathered shanks, other thansingle-comb, and any bodily deformity. They are a good useful fowl, but bred far moreloosely in type and colour than the Orpington. Utilityis stamped on them in large letters, and beauty is quitea secondary
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