TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 383 



FIG. 377. Houdanhen. (Photograph 

 from owner, C. E. Petersen) 



Flanders, the conditions being 

 more favorable there than on the 

 sandy plains of the Campine coun- 

 try. Putting together this view and 

 the apparent kinship of the Fries- 

 land and Campine, the Friesland 

 appears as the intermediate (and 

 probably earlier) type, of which the 

 common Campine is a deteriorated 

 and the Braekel an improved off- 

 shoot. The Braekel males weigh 

 from 5 to 7 pounds, females from 

 4^ to 6 pounds. In shape the body 

 approaches the Dorking (as does the 

 body of a Leghorn of like weight). 

 The Braekel greatly resembles the Leghorn in appearance and 

 qualities. It is precocious, a good layer, and indeed so like a large 

 Hamburg or Leghorn that the only warrant for placing it in the 

 meat instead of the laying class is the fact that for a long time it 

 has been bred with special 

 reference to the production 

 of the celebrated poulets 

 de grains (corresponding 

 to our broilers). The lead- 

 ing varieties of the Braekel 

 are the Golden and the Sil- 

 ver, the colors and mark- 

 ings of these being the 

 same as for the correspond- 

 ing varieties of Campines, 

 except that the ground of 

 the Silver Braekel is a 

 creamy white. 



Brabant. TheBrabantis 

 a large-bodied, fine-boned 

 fowl of the Polish type, 

 occupying about the same 



position among Belgian 



FIG. 378. Houdan cock. (Photograph from 

 owner, C. E. Petersen) 



