PRESERVE A YELLOW-LACED. 



sequent ly the most vigorous, — one would have 

 thought that blue -barred Blond inettes were one 

 of the easiest members of the family to rear, but 

 this certainly has not been my experience. And 

 other breeders of this colour have told me the 

 same. As a rule, they are rather smaller in body 

 than the other members of the family, being very 

 cobby and compact. The body colour should be 

 of a fairly deep but soft shade of blue, and the 

 bar, which I may point out is a great feature, 

 should be as white as possible, with a narrow 

 edging of black. The bar of the early birds of 

 this colour had a fair amount of pink, but to-day 

 this is very seldom seen. The silver-barred is 

 simply the covmterpart of the blue, the colour 

 being of a soft shade of silver. They may be 

 bred together or separate colours. That is, two 

 blues or two silvers. This is a variety which 

 requires stimulation . There are none too many in 

 our hands. I should advise using feeders to rear 

 them , as I have found the parents neglect them . 



Having dealt with the spot -tailed varieties 

 of the Blondinette, I will now deal with the 

 laced-tailed members of the family. The more 

 important and most beautiful of these, in my 

 opinion, are the black -laced and dun -laced, one 

 being a counterpart of the other. 



In breeding these two colours I would like 

 to point out to my young friends that they are so 

 mixed up now that it matters little in selecting 

 a pair whether both be of the same colour, cock 



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