BREEDS DESCRIBED 
The Cochins are hardy and easily raised, as well 
as the least restless of all breeds in confinment. 
They are fair layers of brown eggs; 
persistent sitters. Have single combs, 
which are serrated,-and small to medium in 
size; ear-lobes red; bodies and shanks heavily 
feathered, more so than the Brahmas, which are 
preferred to the Cochins by most people. Stand- 
ard weights, cock, 11 pounds; cockerel, 9 pounds; 
hen, 8% pounds; pullet, 7 pounds. Color of skin 
and legs, yellow. 
There are four varieties of Cochins—Buff, Par- 
tridge, White, and Black. The latter two are 
rarely bred. The Buffs are the most popular 
variety—in fact, the only variety that could really 
be called popular at all, as the Partridge are not 
bred extensively. ‘The Buffs are usually consid- 
ered as having the most pleasing plumage, and 
breed more true to feather. The color combina- 
tion of the Partridge Cochin is much after the 
pattern of the Dark Brahma, but the color is red 
and brown and black, instead of the steel-gray 
effect of the Brahmas. 
There are both White and Black Langshans, 
but specimens of the former variety are rare, be- 
idipchens Ate there are too many other good 
white breeds. The Black Langshans 
are well suited to dirty or smoky locations, where 
the plumage of a light-colored bird would soon 
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