WYANDOTTKS. 



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Cochins with some laced breed, probably Polish ; and can oniy 

 be described as large fowls with neat rose coiubs and smooth 

 yellow legs, nicely laced all over on a white ground, in the 

 Polish manner, as shown in the illustration. The peak of the 

 comb points, however, slightly downward, rather than upward 

 as in Hamburghs. They are hardy, excellent layers, especially 



Wyanrlottes. 



in winter, quick growers, and of good table quality, having 

 deep breasts, a point to be carefully cultivated. So far, the lacing 

 breeds very untrue, the greater part of the chickens looking like 

 mongrels ; but this will gradually be remedied ; and a laced 

 fowl of large size supplies a distinct gap in the poultry classes. 

 Since the introduction of the silver-laced Wyandottes* a 

 gold-laced variety has been produced, bearing just the same 

 relation to it as the gold to the silver-laced Sebright. An all- 

 white variety is also bred, but loses the most distinctive point, 

 and every pen we have seen has shown pJ.uiu traces of the 

 White Dorking. 



