CHAPXEIR VI 



Non-Standard Varieties 



Rose Comb Black, Buff and White; Jubilee, SpaiiiJled, Cuckoo Blue and Ermine 



or Columbian Orpingtons 



JUBILEE ORPINGTONS 

 Reproduced from "Feathered World," England 



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J. 11. DreveDstedt 



XCE a new breed becomes popular, the work 

 of produeing sub-varieties begins. Scarce- 

 ly had the original Black Orpington be- 

 come established and recognized as a race 

 of fowl, when the BufTs and Whites ap- 

 peared. All other sub-varieties are still 

 outside the breastworks and of the eight 

 non-standard varieties few will eventually 

 be admitted to the Standard, if the present 

 temper and conservative attitude ol Orpington fanciers 

 are reliable indications. 



With the exception of the Ermine or Columbian Or- 

 pington, all other sub-varieties originated in England, so 

 the following comments by that eminent English author- 

 ity, E. Campbell, in his book, "The Orpingtons," prove 

 timely and interesting. 



"For the Diamond Jubilee or Spangled Orpington I 

 am unable to raise any great enthusiasm. A multipliance 

 of varieties may be all right from an originator's point 

 of view, but they need something more than these have to 

 recommend them, to justify the breeder taking either up 

 in face of many other beautiful and distinctive breeds. 



"Xor can I say much more for the attempt to perpet- 

 uate the rose-combed varieties. Popular fancy has fixed 

 on the single-comb as the badge of the Orpington tribe, 

 and even though breeders would have been probably as 

 ready to adopt the rose-comb had it arrived first, or with 

 better specimens. The reverse being the case, it is only 

 reasonable to suggest that rose-combs should be conceded 

 as the Wyandotte's birthright, just as the yellow leg is the 

 ehief distinguishing mark between the Buff Rock and Bufif 

 Orpington." 



Rose Combed Orpingtons 



As Ro?e Combs appeared in the flock of Single 

 Combed Black, Buff and White Orpingtons, not infrc- 



quently, it did not take long to establish such rose combed 

 sports as a variety of either of these three single combed 

 ancestors, Imt the dem.and for them was never very large, 

 in fact, their existence today rests with a few large breed- 



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CUCKOO ORPINGTONS 

 Reproduced from "Feathered World," England 

 ers who by persistent advertising and exhibiting keep 

 these Rose Combed varieties alive. 



As Mr. Campbell remarked above, the "Rose Combs 

 should be conceded as the Wyandotte's birthright." With 

 Wyandotte breeders favoring large, blocky birds that re- 

 semble the Orpington more in type than they do the true 

 Wyandotte, about the only difference between the ultra 

 fashionable Black, Buff and White Wyandotte and Rose 

 Combed Orpingtons of the same colors is in the color of 

 the skin and shanks, and in the shape and fixture of the 

 comb, which is larger, coarser and more corrugated in the 

 Orpington. In size, shape and color Rose Combed Or- 

 pingtons are identical with the Single Combed varieties, 

 the rules for breeding exhibition specimens applying to 

 both families. 



Jubilee Orpingtons 



This new variety of the Orpington fowl, rarely seen in 

 America, has enjoyed temporary popularity in England, 

 were it originated. We are indebted to the "Illustrated 

 Poultry Record," England, 1908, for the following com- 

 ments by W. W. Broomhead, on Jubilee Orpingtons: 



"The Diamond Jubilee, to give its full title, was in- 

 troduced during the sixtieth year of the reign of the late 

 Queen Victoria — hence its name. Nevertheless, its orig- 

 inal cognomen was not a pleasing one in the Fancy, con- 

 sequently the variety has for some years been known 

 simply as the Jubilee, which name, it must be admitted, 

 is awkward enough. There is much in a name when it is 

 applied to a race of fowls, and I am firmly convinced that 



