APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING 



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fowls. The comb of the male, 

 however large, is required to 

 stand straight ; the comb of 

 the female must always droop 

 to one side. To get the strong, 

 straight comb of the Exhibition 

 male, females with combs that 

 droop slightly or not at all 

 must be used ; to get the droop- 

 ing comb of the Exhibition fe- 

 male, males with weak combs 

 tending to lop, or droop, must 

 be bred with females with the 

 required type -of comb. In a 

 variety like the Brown Leg- 

 horn, in which a double-mating 

 system is used for color, the 

 requirements for producing 

 the desired accompanying type 

 breed the females of the male 

 males of the female line with 



FIG. 509. White-Crested Black Polish cock, 

 owned by William McNeil 



of comb are simple. All that is necessary is to 

 line with small, rather straight combs, and the 

 large combs with a tendency to 

 droop. In varieties in which 

 special color matings are not 

 required, the breeder usually 

 breeds from males with combs 

 as thin as will stand straight, 

 and use with them some fe- 

 males with thin, drooping 

 combs and some with smaller, 

 thicker combs standing straight 

 or nearly straight. 



COLOR MATINGS OF 

 POULTRY 



Mating black-red fowls. Of 

 fowls with the colors and gen- 

 eral color pattern of the original 

 type there are many varieties, 

 - Black-Red and Brown-Red 

 Games of the English, Exhibi- 

 tion, and Bantam types, Black-Red Malays and Malay Bantams, Brown Leg- 

 horns, Cornish Indian Games, Partridge Cochins, Partridge Cochin Bantams, 

 Partridge Plymouth Rocks, Partridge Wyandottes, and Redcaps. In all of 



FIG. 510. White-Crested Black Polish cock 

 (Photograph from owner, Charles L. Seely) 



