:;<) AMERICAN POl'LTRY ASSOCIATION 



CHAPTER II. 



GENERAL DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR 

 PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



If, in applying the Standard of Perfection, judges find any 

 of the defects described below, they shall disqualify the specimen 

 and state on the proper card or blank the nature of the disquali- 

 fication : 



Specimens unworthy of a score or lacking in breed charac- 

 teristics. 



Any feather or feathers, stubs or down on shanks, feet or 

 toes ; or unmistakable indications of feathers, stubs or down 

 having been plucked from same. 



Plucked hocks. 

 Web feet. 



More or less than four toes on either foot. 

 Legs or toes of color foreign to the breed. 

 A wing showing clipped flights or secondaries or both. 

 Deformed beaks. (See figure 5, plate 7, page 117.) 

 Decidedly wry tails. 

 Crooked backs. 

 Lopped combs. 



(A comb which merely turns over a trifle from the natural, 

 upright position is not to disqualify.) 



Combs foreign to the breed. Split combs. (See figure 19.) 

 Side sprig or sprigs. (See figure 16.) 

 Entire absence of main tail feathers. 

 Decidedly squirrel tail. (See figure 20.) 



Positive enamel white in ear-lobes or unmistakable evidence 

 of an attempt to remove such defect. 



Any appearance of crest or beard. 



A specimen falling more than two pounds below Standard 

 weight. 



Faking in any manner shall disqualify the specimen. 



Under all disqualifying clauses, the specimen shall have the 

 benefit of the doubt. 



Note. Red pigment on sides or back of shanks is not to be 

 considered a defect, 



