28 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION What is a specialty breeder? 



ANSWER The term is applied to a breeder who handles only 

 one variety of fowls. 



QUESTION Should the shanks of Brown Leghorns be yellow? 

 ANSWER The shanks should be bright yellow, but the Stand- 

 ard allows dusky yellow for toes. 



QUESTION Should all varieties of Leghorns be the same size 

 and shape? 



ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION Are Partridge Wyandottes the same in color as 

 Partridge Cochins? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION Is it advisable to risk setting a pullet on high- 

 priced eggs? 



ANSWER No. They generally forsake the nest before the eggs 

 hatch. 



QUESTION What is meant by latent defects? 



ANSWER Defects which do not appear in a bird, but which 

 have been inherited from ancestors, and will manifest themselves in 

 the progeny. 



QUESTION Should the rear of the comb and the spike curve 

 to conform to the shape of the head, in Wyandottes? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION Is the head of a Wyandotte shorter and broader 

 than that of a Plymouth Rock? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION Are well-spread legs on Plymouth Rocks and Wy- 

 andottes more desirable than those only fairly spread ? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION In Standard Barred Rocks, is a little dark striping 

 permissible in the beaks of females'? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION Is it not possible for a fowl to show white in the 

 ear lobes temporarily? 



ANSWER Yes. There is a difference, however, in the white 

 resulting from sickness or poor condition and the enamel white 

 which, in some breeds, disqualifies. 



