BREEDING AND BREEDS lOJ 



yield under proper management a goodly number 

 of eggs while prices are highest. The standard 

 weight of the cock is 12 pounds, that of the hen 

 9^ pounds. The hens are good sitters and mothers, 

 but are rather heavy and clumsy. They are often 

 used for hatching duck, turkey and goose eggs, be- 

 cause they can cover more than hens of ordinary 

 size. 



Brahma chicks are slow in developing their 

 feathers, but in spite of this they are good growers 

 and gain weight more rapidly than many other 

 varieties fed equally well. As farm fowls they are 

 not as successful as many of the other varieties, 

 because they are not quick enough to be good insect 

 catchers and are not otherwise as good foragers as 

 most popular farm breeds. For this reason they 

 must be fed more carefully. These characteristics 

 of slowness and weight favor their being kept in 

 confinement. A low fence is sufficient. Their color 

 is mainly white, though the hackle, the tail and the 

 flight feathers of the wing are mainly black. They 

 have pea combs and red ear lobes, yellow skin and 

 legs, the shanks feathered down to the ground. 



WYANDOTTES 



The Wyandotte has a half dozen well-known 

 varieties. Among these, probably the most popular 

 are the White, the Golden and the Silver, though 

 Buff and Black Wyandottes are also well known. 

 Probably the most important is the White, which, 

 in the leading poultry shows, is a close second to 

 the Barred Plymouth Rock. Not only is this so in 

 the poultry show, but throughout the country the 

 White Wyandotte and the Rhode Island Red are 



