Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry; by Richardson H. D

Author:Richardson, H. D. [from old catalog] & Poultry. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: New York, C. M. Saxton
Published: 1852-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

DOMESTIC FOWL.

fowl a claim to be considered a distinct species; but their opinion is evidently erroneous. These fowl are good layers, but the eggs are small. For any practical purpose they are quite useless, and are also carefully to be excluded from the poultry yard, on account of the rapidity with which a cross from them lowers the value of our common poultry, darkening the color of the skin, and causing our birds to deteriorate both in appearance and utility.

XVI. THE SIBERIAN OR RUSSIAN FOWL,

Called by some the Russian, and said to be a native of that country, is distinguished by tufts of dark-colored feathers springing from each jaw, others, longer and fuller, springing from the lower mandible, in the form of

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