999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 29 



QUESTION What is the difference in color of Silver Wyan- 

 dottes and Golden Wyanclottes ? 



ANSWER The lacing is the same in form. The silvery white 

 centers in the Silver Wyandotte are a golden bay in the Golden 

 Wyandotte. 



QUESTION Should Black Wyandottes and Black Minorcas 

 have vellow legs ? 



ANSWER No. They are black or dark slate. 



QUESTION What is a Pea Comb ? 



ANSWER A triple comb, resembling three straight single combs / 

 placed parallel with one another, and joined at base and rear, each/ 

 having distinctly divided pea-like knobs, the knobs of the two outer 

 rows being lower and smaller than those of the middle row, and 

 those of each row being larger and somewhat thicker midway of 

 the comb than at front and rear. 



QUESTION Is a dark stripe permissible in the upper mandible 

 of the beak of the Light Brahma ? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION Does the Standard call for the same weights in 

 Light and Dark Brahmas? 



ANSWER No. The weights of Dark Brahmas are: Cock, n 

 pounds ; hen, 8*/2 pounds ; cockerel, 9 pounds, and pullet, 7 pounds. 

 Light Brahmas are a pound heavier. 



QUESTION What are the Standard weights of Buff Cochins? 

 ANSWER Cock, II pounds; hen, Sy 2 pounds; cockerel, 9 

 pounds ; pullet, 7 pounds. 



QUESTION What are the Standard weights of Black and White 

 Minorcas ? 



ANSWER Cock, 8 pounds ; hen, 6y 2 pounds ; cockerel, 6 l / 2 

 pounds; pullet, 5>^ pounds. 



QUESTION How many points should the Minorca have on its 

 comb? 



ANSWER Six. 



QXIESTION Is not an even shade of buff in all sections of a bird 

 more to be desired, even though it be a trifle light, or dark, than dif- 

 ferent shades in the same specimen in which the proper shade pre- 

 dominates ? 



ANSWER Yes. 



