220 MY POULTRY DAY BY DAY 
a good mother. When crossed with Indian Game it makes a 
fast-growing, monster bird. 
FAVEROLLES 
This French-imported bird is of recent origin, and its ancestry 
may be traced to a few English or Anglicised varieties. Its 
excellent qualities as a general purpose fowl are only beginning to 
be understood. It contains much that is best in the Brahma, 
Cochin, Dorking and Houdan, and probably gets its splendid 
laying qualities from the latter. The Faverolles is a quaint-looking 
bird, being something like an owl and something like a pug-dog. 
But handsome is that handsome does, and the “ bearded ” 
Faverolles is a bird that will pay its way anywhere either for the 
table or for egg-production. It takes to any kind of crossing like 
a duck to water, and you cannot breed the owl-like look out of it. 
A cross with Light Sussex or with White Wyandotte is most 
successful. It is a most domesticated bird, and while it is rather 
inactive, it only rarely goes broody. It lays a light brown egg and 
winks at you out of the corner of its eye when you ask for more. 
A splendid table bird, weighing from 6 to 8 lb., it seems a shame 
to eat it. 
GaME Fowu 
No one has ever accused the old English Game bird of being a 
prolific egg-layer, but as a table fowl it has few equals. Associated 
in old times with cock-fighting, it presents the picture of a herculean 
bird. Long strong legs, on immense broad back, great chest, a 
dauntless head on a long noble neck makes the Game bird the ideal 
fighter. The “good old sport ” has died out, but the handsome 
bird remains, not to make a Roman holiday, but to make a dish 
fit to set before a king. Not only do they surpass all other birds in 
flavour, but they carry more flesh in proportion to bone than any 
other breed. When not kept as a hobby they are used to cross 
with other fowls for table purposes only. The chickens grow fast 
and do not require to be fattened. On a free range they find most 
