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POULTR T- CRAFT. 



Fig. 66. S. C. Buff Leghorn Pullet. 



demand for buff fowls, a breeder plan- 

 ning for the future may find it profitable 

 to develop a stock of Buff Leghorns. 



OTHER VARIETIES OF LEGHORNS 

 are : Dominique. (Non-Standard), 

 rare ; resembling Barred Plymouth 

 Rocks in color. Silver Duckwing. 

 Not common ; males look much like 

 Brown Leghorns in which the red of 

 the plumage is replaced by white ; 

 females are mostly light gray ; light 

 salmon in front of neck and breast; 

 black or dark brown predominating in 

 the tail. 



83. Minorcas. BLACK MINORCAS. Fig. 67. Fairly hardy; large 

 white egg breed ; non-sitters ; me- 

 dium in size ; Standard weights, 

 cock 8 Ibs., cockerel 6% Ibs., 

 hen 6^ Ibs., pullet 5^ Ibs. ; very 

 large, single combs; white or 

 creamy white ear lobes ; white 

 skin ; slate colored legs ; large, 

 full tails. Minorcas are longer 

 and deeper bodied than Leghorns, 

 and have not the wild, nervous 

 disposition of fowls of that breed. 

 They are extra good layers of 

 very large eggs, and make poul- 

 try choice for home use, but not 

 marketable at best prices. They 

 have their greatest popularity in 

 the vicinity of New York and on 

 the Pacific coast, and in these 

 localities they are bred to equal or 

 exceed Standard weights ; but in 



Fig. 67. Black Minorcas. 



many other sections the Minorcas generally are small, and not to be distin- 

 guished from Black Leghorns. 



WHITE MINORCAS are much less popular than the Black, which they 

 resemble in every respect but color. With all white plumage they have beak 

 and legs pinkish white. 



84. Blue Andalusians. - 



sitters; no Standard weights. 



non- 



Fairly hardy; large white egg breed; 



In shape and size between Leghorns and 



