BREEDS AND BREEDING 



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The Wyandottes — The original stock of the Silver 

 Wyandottes was derived from a cross of Silver Span- 

 gled Hamburg and Buff Cochin and was called Amer- 

 ican Sebrights. It was first mentioned in 1868. Later 

 a cross of Silver Spangled Hamburg and Dark Brahma. 





FIG. 39 PAIR OF SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES 



was used on this cross, and from this sprang the pres- 

 ent breed, which had its first boom in the early eighties. 

 They are more blocky in shape than Plymouth Rocks 

 and one pound lighter. They are very useful for the 



