THE CAMPINES 



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Wings: The Campine's wings when opened are wanderer, a picker and not a scratcher. The shanks 



large. They should not effect a brawny appearance at should be round and the scales line and neatly laid on. 



the shoulder, however. The bird should not be thick The condition of the shanks is important; a leg with any 



and coarse through the shoulders. The best barring of tendency to scabbiness should be deemed so seriously 



the long wing feathers is found in the secondaries. The defective that the Campine would not be entitled to a 



primaries, especially of the males, are inclined to be prize. The thighs and shanks should be rather long 



white; in the female the primaries are inclined to be and the bone of the thighs, as well as that of the 



black or peppery-black on the wide side of the quill, shanks, rather light, giving a slender appearance and 



while the narrow side of web is white. Such wings are 

 defective. The primary coverts in the males occasionally 

 grow very long and are sometimes wonderfully barred. 

 There are two serious defects seen in the wings of 



agility of action. Birds that are full in body and short 

 in legs are too heavy, too squatty to be typical. They 

 again partake of the Braekel. 



Size: Over sized birds are not desirable. The 



males. First is the color defect of secondaries not being weights as adopted by the club are as follows: 



barred. This eflfects a white wing bay and since the 

 Campine is a barred bird, save neck, this white flat-iron 

 against the side of the bird breaks the harmony of the 

 color. Such a bird will also have whitish flights and 

 should be classed as very weak in wiiiK. The other ser- 

 ious defect is one of type, seen by 

 aid of the wings and measured by 

 them. The Campine male should be 

 long in body and when so short that 

 the curved in points of the two wings 

 meet behind the body, the bird is 

 poorly formed and is not deserving 

 of a place in the prize list of a big 

 show or the breeding yard of the 

 critical fancier. 



Breast: The breast of both sexes 

 should be full and round. The for- 

 mation as commonly found is good. 

 The usual defects of the breast are 

 in the color. The breast should be 

 barred. The feathers should not end 

 in a crescentic spangle or ring of 

 black, while the rest of the web is 

 white. The barring in this section 

 should be straight across the feather 

 and sound. When this is secured, 

 the fact that the white bar (or gol- 

 den bar) is nearly as wide as the 

 black bar, should cause no dissatis- 

 faction with the breeder or penalty 

 at the hands of the judge. Rather, 

 let them look to see that the barring 

 runs into the throat and that the 

 throat is not washy. Also, that the 

 barring is sound down where the 

 harder surfaced breast feathers join 

 the softer surfaced fluff feathers. 

 Here the black bar should be firm 

 or positive, not running gray; and 

 the white bar should also be pure. 



Body and Fluff: The soft plumage 

 on the sides of the body should be 

 barred. The fluff at the rear is gray. 

 When viewed from the rear, the 

 body should not be sharp. The un- 

 derline of the male body from throat 

 around underneath to tail should be 

 crescentic. This roundness saves 

 the Campine male from being oblong 

 or angular and is important. 



Under Color: In all sections slate. 



Legs and Toes: In color these 

 sections should be blue. The bone 

 should be fine, for the Campine is a 



Cock .- 6 lbs. Cockerel 5 lbs. 



Hen 4 lbs. Pullet iyi lbs. 



These weights are a safe guide for judges and 

 breeders. Birds of this size will reproduce themselves, 

 gniw fast and lay well. 



FEATHERS FROM WINNING CAMPINES 



This plate of Campine plumage shOT^'s specimen feathers from winning 

 birds belonging to M. R. Jacobus, Box 3, Rldgefleld, N. J., which were plucked 

 from them by Mr. Herman Senders, poultryman for Mr. Jacobus. These sample 

 feathers clearly illustrate the broad black bar and narrow white penciling now 

 being selected in show quality specimens. The three feathers in the center 

 "Which show black and white bars of equal width, are from the breast of a 

 Silver Campine. These are very good breast feathers. Frequently the breast, 

 especially the upper part, fails in barring. This deficiency in breast, color Is 

 usually accompanied by a white hackle. To maintain the silvery -white neck 

 plumage and strengthen the black barring of the breast is proving an inter- 

 esting task. Ideal hackle feathers from the Silver Campine male are shown at 

 the bottom and at the left of the feather plate. They illustrate the slate col- 

 ored base and desirable "white surface. These feathers were selected during 

 the show season of 1911-12. 



