HOW THE MARKINGS COME. 



There is just one feature I should like to 

 point out to the novice in breeding probably for 

 the first time spot tailed Satinettes. If the 

 youngsters come dingy looking in colour of 

 feather, with probably no tail spots, don't be 

 disappointed. Wait and see the transformation. 

 Watch for those light coloured laced feathers 

 appearing at about ten to twelve weeks old on 

 the wing just below the butts. This is, in fact, 

 where the charm of the breed comes in — the 

 gradual transformation from sombre to gay. 



Many years ago I sold to a young fancier a 

 pair of Blue-laced Satinettes. He wanted good 

 ones, and was prepared to pay a good price. I 

 sent him one of my best pairs. This would be 

 at the beginning of the breeding season. About 

 the following June or July I received a letter 

 from him, not in a tone one could call friendly, 

 enclosing some feathers taken from the young 

 ones he had bred from the pair I sold him. He 

 stated that he was very disappointed, and that I 

 could have the old birds back at half the price 

 he had paid me for them, and the youngsters 

 he would kill — or something to that effect. I 

 could see from the nest feathers sent that he had 

 got something good, and I wrote telling him to 

 have a little patience. Then I thought he would 

 change his opinion. He did so, and was rewarded 

 by breeding and showing two of the best Blue- 

 laced Satinette cocks of that year. In fact, for 

 years he was one of our best Satinette breeders. 



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