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proportion of excellent fowls from the market standpoint, and a small percent 
of good Standard birds, will find the variety an interesting one to work with, 
and likely to prove immensely profitable in the future. 
73. Wyandottes. — General Description. — Hardy; general purpose; 
brown egg breed; sitters; 
medium in size; Standard 
weights, cock 8% lbs., cock- 
erel 714 lbs., hen 6% lbs., 
pullet 514 lbs. The distin- 
guishing characteristics of 
the breed are the peculiar 
blocky, chunky body and 
small neat rose comb. Ear 
-lobes are red ; beak and legs 
yellow ; tail medium length 
—abundant. In practical 
values they are generally 
rated with the Plymouth 
Rocks, but are less widely 
popular than that breed. 
SILVER WyYANDOTTES. 
Fig. 52. —In color black 
and white, distributed as 
Fig. 52. Silver Wyandottes. 
shown in the cut. 
GoLDEN WYANDOTTES.— Figs. 53, 54.—In color black and golden bay, 
the bay taking the place of the white in the Silver variety. 
Both of these varieties are difficult to breed to Standard colors. In some 
sections they (particularly the Silvers) are extensively kept by farmers. Both 
varieties are in demand among city poultry keepers, as their colors are not 
much disfigured by smoke, and they are not restive in close quarters. 
WuitrE WyanportrTes.— This variety is the most formidable competitor the 
Barred Plymouth Rock has had to meet. The remarks on color of plumage, 
skin, etc., of White Plymouth Rocks, apply also to White Wyandottes. 
They are easy to breed uniform enough to satisfy a taste that is not fastidious 
about fancy points. This, and the absence of dark pinfeathers has brought 
them into high favor with practical poultrymen. 
Brack, AND Burr Wyanpottes.— After what has been said of the breed 
in general these need little description further than the naming of their colors. 
Black Wyandottes have never been popular with any class of poultry keepers. 
Buff Wyandottes are a new variety, and with Buff P. Rocks are strong com- 
petitors for the patronage which has been going to Barred P. Rocks and 
