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THE ASIATICS. 



should be wide, his breast deep and full and carried for- 

 ward, body short and wide, his legs short — I have not yet 

 seen a Cochin too short in legs for me — and set well apart, 

 covered with long soft fluff feathers, giving them the ap- 

 pearance of having a thigh eight to ten inches around. 



The same Is applicable to the female, only of a more 

 feminine nature. Her cushion being more pronounced and 

 tail carried low, if anything, that is, below or at the hori- 

 zontal line. What I like to see in young stock is a bird, 

 when you notice it, looks as broad as it is long, and seems 

 to be creeping on the ground, due to its large soft fluffy 

 hocks and short legs. 



A. real good Cochin should look as if it had been raised 

 in a pail and as round as one. 



Under no circumstances use a long-legged Cochin, for 

 as sure as you do, you will produce Brahma shaped birds, 

 which would be as much of an eyesore to a Cochin man as a 

 Cochin Brahma is to a Brahma breeder. Do not use for 

 breeders, in either sex, birds with long tails or with tails 



carried high, for you cannot produce stock with good cush- 

 ions from these. 



To the casual observer the Cochins are possibly the larg- 

 est looking of all fowls, due to the long fluffy feathering, 

 and to secure this with a body of good size is a very impor- 

 tant point. 



Size is due more to breeding from large birds and the 

 care they receive. Some could take the same parents and 

 with their plan of feeding produce birds very different from 

 what others could. 



By good care also can shape be vastly improved, for 

 what can you expect a half-starved or search-my-own-Hving 

 bird to amount to, especially in Cochins. Give them a gen- 

 erous supply of nourishing food containing an abundance of 

 protein, and you will have birds with large frames and 

 loose in feathering. Do not endeavor to fatten young Coch- 

 ins; get the frame on them first, then add your flesh. 



A. W. BELL. 



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Ideal Buff Cochins of 1895-By Sewei^ 



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