PREPARING BIRDS FOR EXHIBITION 261 



When making the preUminary selection each bird should 

 be carefully examined for such defects as would disquahfy 

 it and, therefore, eUminate the possibiUty of winning a prize. 

 When a defect of such a nature as would be considered a 

 disqualification is discovered by the poultry judge, the fowl 

 is no longer considered as eligible for a place among the 

 winners. 



Figure 258, — Examining the head, face, and wattles of the fowl for 

 defects and diaqualifications. 



General disqualifications. Some of the general disqual- 

 ifications as given in the American Standard of Perfection 

 that should be carefully guarded against and which are 

 found in some of the more common breeds are as follows: 



Comb. A lopped comb in all males or females excepting 

 the females of the egg, or Mediterranean and Continental, 

 classes and Dorkings, (See Figure 61, No. 2.) is a disqualifi- 

 cation. The same is true with split combs, side sprigs. 

 (See Figure 61, No. 4.) Rose combs that are abnormal in 



