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THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 



Below is a list of the more common breeds of 

 poultry, with notes on some of their marked char- 

 acteristics : 



ASIATIC CLASS 



Weight E 



Name lbs, +3 Color of Color of 



Cocks Hens o5 eggs flesh Varieties 



Light Brahmas. . .12 oj£ Yes Brown Yellow 



Dark " ...n %y 2 Yes Brown Yellow 



Cochin ii gyi Yes Brown Yellow Buff, partridge, 



white, black. 



Langshan gyi jy 2 Yes Brown White Black, white. 



AMERICAN CLASS 



Plymouth Rocks.. g}4 7J4 Yes Brown Yellow Barred, white, buff, 



silver, partridge, 

 Columbian. 



Wyandottes Syi 6J4 Yes Brown Yellow White, buff, silver, 



Columbian, golden, 

 partridge, black, 

 silver penciled. 



Rhode Island Reds Syi 6}£ Yes Brown Yellow Single and rose 



comb. 



MEDITERRANEAN CLASS 



Leghorns * * No White Yellow Single and rose- 

 comb white, sin- 

 gle and rose-comb 

 brown, single and 

 rose comb buff, 

 black, silver. 



Minorcss of jtft No White White Single and rose 



comb black, sin- 

 gle comb white, 



Anconas • * No White Yellow 



ENGLISH CLASS 

 Orpingtons 10 8 Yes Brown White White, black, buff. 



FRENCH CLASS ..*„. 



Houdans 7^ 6# No White White 



* Have no standard weights. 



+ Weight of single comb black. The other varieties are a pound lighter 



