POULTRY CULTURE 



others quite as large as Dor- 

 kings, but most are of an in- 

 termediate type. They are not 

 usually bred with extreme de- 

 velopment of crest and beard, 

 yet most exhibition stocks have 

 more of these than is desirable 

 in fowls bred for use. In the 

 Houdan district of France the 

 crests are smaller and the birds 

 better adapted to ordinary con- 

 ditions. Houdans are as good 

 layers as any breed and make 

 excellent poultry. The color 

 of the skin and legs is against 

 them in this country. 



French Cuckoo. A variation 

 of the Friesland-Campine- 

 Hamburg type, developed in 

 Brittany, with the rose comb 



prevailing in the north and the single comb in the south, is called 



French Cuckoo. The size and weight of the body are increased 



and the neck and legs shortened, 



yet without giving the bird a squat 



appearance. 



Courtes Pattes (Creepers). This 



is a single-comb black fowl remark- 

 able for delicacy of flesh. In size 



they approach the Bantams, the 



males weighing from 3 to 4 pounds, 



and the females from 2j to 3^ 



pounds. It is thought that they 



may have been derived from the 



Bresse. 



Braekel. According to the best 



Belgian authority this is simply the 



Campine growing to a larger size FlG . 376 . Houdan pullet. (Photo- 



in the vicinity of Nederbrakel, in graph from owner, C. E. Petersen) 



FIG. 375. American type Houdan cock- 

 erel. (Photograph from owner, C. E.Peter- 

 sen, Pembroke, Maine) 



