PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 



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Figure 8. 

 "Frosting* 



Fancier. A breeder of poultry who seeks to produce chickens, 

 turkeys, ducks or geese in conformity with an ideal or pre- 

 scribed standard of excellence. 



Feather. A growth formed of a discernible 

 quill or shaft and a vane (called "web") 

 upon each side of it. (See figures 7 and 



11.) (NOTE. When quill is not discerni- 

 ble to the eye, it is down.) 



Flights. The primary feathers of the wing, 

 used in flying but out of sight, or nearly 

 so, when wing is folded. (See figures 1 

 and 2.) 



Flight Coverts. The short, moderately stiff 

 feathers, located at the base of the wing 

 primaries or flight feathers, and partly 

 covering their quills. (See figures 1 and 2.) 



Fluff. The soft feathers about thighs and 

 posterior part of fowl ; also the soft downy 

 part of a feather. (See figures 1 and 2.) 

 Foreign Color. Any color on a feather 

 that differs from the color prescribe:! 

 for such feather as a part of the plum- 

 age of a Standard-bred fowl. 

 Fowl. A term gener- 

 ally used to denote 

 the common, do- 

 mestic cock or hen. 

 Frosting. A white or 

 light colored mar- 

 ginal edging or 

 tracing on feathers 

 of laced or penciled 

 varieties. 



(This type of lacing 

 (see figure 8) in the 

 breast of a male, red 

 in the case of the Part- 

 ridge Plymouth Rock 

 cr silver white in the 

 Silver-Penciled Plym- 

 outh Rock, may de- 



Figure 9. 



Striped Neck Hac- 

 kle Feather, Male 

 (Ideal). 



Figure 10. 

 Striped Neck 

 Feather, Female 

 (Ideal). 



