132 BREEDS. 



The Spanish fowl is much admired, and de- 

 servedly so, combining (as it does) so much that 

 is beautiful, dignified, and useful; the hens, 

 though only of a fair average size, lay immense 

 eggs, and are also more precocious, in tliis respect, 

 than any other breed except the Brahma. 



They seldom condescend to sit, and are not 

 to be desired as mothers, being careless, and 

 flighty; their eggs should be set under Dorking 

 hens, because these go with their chicks longer 

 than any others. 



Spanish do not feather till almost three-parts 

 grown, and therefore require a steady, domestic 

 mother, who will remain with them till that 

 critical period is safely past. 



Though, apparently, spirited, the cock is not 



