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NOTES ON STANDARD WEIGHTS OF POULTRY 

 *Non-standard breed. 

 1 Cock and cockerel. 

 2 Hen and pullet. 

 3 No standard weights. 

 At 10 mo- 

 6 Penciled Hamburgs. In other Hamburg varieties the fowls 



are somewhat heavier. 

 Colored Dorking cocks often weigh from 12 to 14 lb.; hens 



and cockerels, from 9 to 10 lb.; and pullets, from 7 to 8 lb. 

 7 It is not unusual for Houdans to exceed these weights. 

 ^Standard height, cock, 26 in.; hen, 18 in.; cockerel, 18 in.; 



pullet, 15 in. 

 Disqualifying weights for Booted Bantams: cocks, 28 oz.; 



hens, 24 oz.; cockerels, 24 oz.; pullets, 22 oz. 

 "Disqualifying weights for Brahma Bantams: cocks, 34 oz.; 



hens, 30 oz.; cockerels, 30 oz.; pullets, 28 oz. 

 "Disqualifying weights for Cochin Bantams: cocks, 34 oz.; 



hens, 30 oz.; cockerels, 30 oz.; pullets, 28 oz. 

 ^Disqualifying weights for Black-Tailed Japanese Bantams: 



cocks, 30 oz.; hens, 26 oz.; cockerels, 26 oz.; pullets, 24 oz. 



Disqualifying weights for White Japanese Bantams: cocks, 



30 oz.; hens, 26 oz.; cockerels, 26 oz.; pullets, 24 oz. Dis- 

 qualifying weights for Black Japanese Bantams: cocks, 



30 oz.; hens, 26 oz.; cockerels, 26 oz.; pullets, 24 oz. 

 "Disqualifying weights for Polish Bantams: cocks, 30 oz.; 



hens, 26 oz. ; cockerels, 26 oz. ; pullets, 24 oz. 

 "Disqualifying weights for Rose-Comb Bantams: cocks, 28 oz.; 



hens, 24 oz.; cockerels, 24 oz.; pullets, 22 oz. 

 "Disqualifying weights for Sebright Bantams: cocks, 30 oz.; 



hens, 26 oz.; cockerels, 26 oz.; pullets, 24 oz. 

 "English standard weights for Malay Bantams: cocks, 3H lb.; 



cockerels and hens. 3 lb.; pullets, 2 lb. 

 "Weight o f adult Bronze turkey cock; yearling cock weighs 



33 lb. 

 18 Weight of adult Narragansett .turkey cock; yearling cock 



weighs 25 lb. 



