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All Black or dark chickens whether Minorca, Langshan, Leghorn, 

 Wyandottes or Barred Rock, have splashes of white on them. These 

 may be on the breast under the body, on the back and on top of the 

 head. When the chicks feather out they will in all probability be 

 perfectly colored. 



In White Rocks, and sometimes in White Orpingtons and White 

 Leghorns, there will be a greyish or yellowish cast to the white, but 

 all that goes away and the birds in full feather are white. 



BufT chicks of all breeds are sometimes quite light colored, and 

 sometimes have little streaks of black in the down. In Brown Leg- 

 horns, they are striped a buff stripe and a black stripe all over the 

 back or some would call it a brown stripe and a black. 



Houdans are black on back with white under the breast. Rhode 

 Island Reds are a richer buff and have more little spots on them as a 

 rule. Sometimes eggs from white birds will throw a black chicken. 

 This is considered a sport because it occurs so seldom. 



According to Mendel's Laws, white is dominant and that, perhaps 

 will account for the rare occasion of a black chick being hatched from 

 eggs where there is positively no danger of mixing breeds. 



How To Get More Pullets Than Cockerels 



Mate your male bird with more females than ordinary and if they 

 are older it won't matter. The eggs will not be so fertile as if you 

 had less females with him but the bulk of the chicks will be pullets. 

 And you can afford to lose a few eggs if you want pullets. Also the 

 last eggs at the end of the season are nearly always pullets. 



