The leghorns, brown, white, black, buff and duckwing. An illustrated leghorn standard, with a treatise on judging leghorns, and complete instructions on breeding, mating and exhibiting by Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company

Author:Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Leghorn chicken
Publisher: Quincy, Ill., Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company
Published: 1904-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

"LADY FLORENCE." Bred by James Forsyth, Riverside Farms.

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THE LEGHORNS.

me on a straight comb female, but there are very few breeders of this variety if they will select females with combs fairly upright as breeders and mate to a male with a medium sized comb that is straight in front and well serrated who will not find an improvement in the combs of male birds over those bred from females that have combs larger and which fall on opposite sides of the head.

Combs falling to one side of the head, as described in the standard, are all right on the females in a mating where one wishes to produce standard combs on females, but in breeding we must study to mate so as to produce standard birds, and in order to do so must keep a close tab on the bi-eeding stock. In making this statement as to combs, there may be those who will differ with me, but I care not for that. My opinion is formed after having bred Single Comb Brown Leghorns for eight years. These pointers 1 offer as to mating for best results.

To return to defective combs, will say, where double serrations are fc'Und we cut one-half point for each. The back edge cf the comb is frequently faulty, having an irregular outline with a kind of a sawtooth appearance. For such we cut from one-half to one, as in degree. Side sprigs are found on some combs and are subject to a cut of one point each. Birds possessing this defect are unfit for breeders, if the aim of the owner is to breed for standard birds.

The color of the comb should be bright red and is seldom found otherwise on a specimen that is in fairly good condition. Where the color of the comb is such that it should be discounted, the specimen is out of condition and better off out of the show room. Yet there are casss where they will get out of condition in shipping to the show or after they get to the room, and in such cases the cut would be only one-half point.

WATTLES AND EARLOBES.

Wattles should be thin and well rounded. Where they are uneven as to size, or are not well rounded, or where they are not smooth, and show folds, the cut is from one-half to one and one-half. Ear-lobes represent a greater value than wattles and should be smooth, thin, free from folds or wrinkles, and fit close to the head. Where they are rough or show folds or wrinkles the cut would be from one-half to one. Off-color in ear-lobes is the most common defect. Where they show red spots, if very few and small, the cut is one-half point; if one-fourth of the surface is red, the cut should be one; if one-half red, two points; if three-quarters red, three points. In pullets more than one-half red is a disqualification.

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