What Constitutes an Ideal Campine 



An Explanatory Standard for Breeders and Judges— The Ideal Bird, Section by Section, 



is Described, and the Faults Pointed Out— How to Measure the 



True Value of an Bxhibition Campine. 



By F. L. Plait 



COMB: There was some question whether the Cam- 

 pine comb should have wedge shaped spikes, or 

 round, pencil pointed spikes, and the latter was 

 decided upon as Standard. The comb should be about 

 the size of a Leghorn's comb, but the blade should have 

 a tendency to follow the neck. The blade should not 

 rest on the back of the head and neck as in the Minorca, 

 being intermediate between the Leghorn and Minorca 

 in this respect. The heavier blade gives the Campine 

 comb a slightly heavier appearance than the Standard 

 Leghorn comb. In the female, the comb should rise to 

 the first point and then fall gracefully to one side. Some 

 blue at the base of the female comb is neither a defect 

 nor does it indicate a debilitated condition. It is a char- 

 acteristic of the Braekel. Combs on Campines have been 

 improved remarkably in the years 1911-14. 



Eyes: The eye should be large and bright. The 

 pupil of the eye should be black and the iris nearly so. 

 "Black" would describe the color of the eye were it 

 not that in a close study, a purely and positively black 

 eye is not found in our domestic chickens. In the Silver 

 Campines a red eye is a serious defect and such a speci- 

 men should not be bred or a first prize hung on it. If 

 there is only one bird in the class, withhold the first and 

 award a second prize. In a large show like New York, 

 only a few red eyed Silvers will be seen and these should 

 be passed without a ribbon. In the Golden, the situation 

 is different. Blackish eyes are rarely seen, especially in 

 the males, and a dark eye in a Golden cockerel will in- 

 variably come red as the bird ages into the cock stage. 

 Red eyes in this variety therefore, should not be severely 

 penalized either by the breeder or judge. 



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Those who attend the New York and Boston Shows have become familiar with the Campines belonging to 

 M. R. Jacobus, RidgeHeld, N. J. Mr. Jacobus has won a number o( important first prizes on the large, white eggs of his 

 Campines in the regular classes at Boston. The Campine egg is quite an equal oval, large at both ends ana 

 it has a smooth surface with a good thick shell that Insures safe transportation. It has been celebrated for 

 a half century or more in Belgium. Mr. Jacobus has done more than any other man in America to make known the 

 good qualities of the Campine and to establish its record as a profitable egg hen. He has also won a large share 

 of first prizes at the Boston and New York Shows. The pullet shown above that won first and special at Madison 

 Square Garden, Dec., 1911, is very close to Mr. Jacobus' ideal. The sturdy cockerel as well as the pullet exhibits 

 the long, level body that Campine breeders are selecting as the most valuable. 



