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THE LEGHORNS 



"white or creamy white." This allows some latitude in 

 the female ear-lobe that is not allowed in male which is 

 necessary on account of the yellow or salmon pigment in 

 the color of the female plumage. 



Color of Male 

 The head plumage should be silvery white and if any 

 brassiness is found it is generally covered by a cut of one- 

 half point. The feathers of the neck have a silvery white 

 edging with a lustrous, greenish black stripe down the 

 center of each as explained for the Brown Leghorn 

 except that silvery white edging takes the place of 

 vJe red. The defects and cuts as explained there will 

 apply here; merely substitute silvery white for red. 

 The back is silvery white with the saddl striped same 

 as hackle. Any brassiness found in back cut from 

 jne to two and the same saddle defects as explained 

 under the Brown Leghorns apply here, except sub- 

 stitute silvery white for red The wings have the bows 

 of silvery white with the primaries black, their lower web 

 edged with white (used to be silvery white). Secondaries, 

 black with lower web edged with white of sufficient width 

 to secure a wing bay of white. Coverts are a lustrous 

 black so as to form a wing bar when wing is folded. Any 

 purple barring found in wings cut one-half to two. Any 

 brassiness in wings cut from one to two. If black and 

 white are mixed spoiling wing bay and wing bar causing 

 a smutty appearance, cut from one-half to one and one- 

 half. Breast and body and fluff should be black. Purple 

 bars cut one-half to two. Any gray edging cut from one- 

 half to one and one-half. Under-color should be slate. 

 Legs and toes should be: thighs, black; shanks, yellow; 

 toes, yellow or dusky yellow. Faded or light leg color 

 should be cut from one-half to one. The tail should have 

 the sickles and upper coverts a lustrous black; the lower 

 coverts, silvery white. Purple barring is cut from one-half 

 to two. Should there be any gray mixed in the black cut 

 from one-half to one. Should the lower coverts not be 

 white cut from one-half to one. 



Color of Female 



Head color should be silvery white; if any brassiness 

 cut one-half. Eyes are the same. Ear-lobes may now be 

 white or creamy white as explained above. Neck de- 

 scription and cuts are the same as for male. The back 

 should be light gray, stippled with black. Look out for 

 shafting and brassiness and cut as described above. The 

 breast should be a light salmon extending well up on the 

 throat and shading to gray near the body. The color de- 

 fects are liable to run to gray which should be cut from 

 one-half to one and one-half. Shafting should be cut as 

 described above. The body and fluff should be ashy gray 

 stippled with black and it is very seldom found necessary 

 to cut this section. The tail is black except the two top 

 feathers which must be stippled with gray; coverts are 

 light gray stippled with black. Look out that the gray 

 stippling does not extend into the black main-tail feathers, 

 in which case it should be cut one-half to one. Lack of 

 stippling in top feathers should be cut one-half to one. 

 Legs and toes are: thighs, light gray; shanks and toes, 

 yellow. Faded legs should be cut from one-half to one 

 and one-half. 



Summary 



We do not expect this article to cover all the points 

 that one will run across in judging Leghorns as there are 

 many points that come up from time to time where one 

 must use his judgment. You should have a Standard of 

 Perfection and know it letter perfect, then by making use 

 of the points mentioned here you ought to be in a fair way 

 toward scoring them pretty close to where they belong. 

 Study the requirements, then study the breed and the va- 

 rieties as you handle them. Do not be afraid or 

 ashame.' to ask and to take the advice of old breeders. 

 Be feailess and just in your application of the Standard 

 and do not be afraid to acknowledge and rectify mistakes. 

 For the beginner, the Brown Leghorn is one of the 

 hardest breeds there is to judge, but once you know them 

 thoroughly they are as easy as any. 







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