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SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. 



allowed. Feather No. 6, however, is defective both in the 

 white and black — has entirely a white under color, and 

 would give the specimen a blotchy or blurred surface. In 

 fact, it is only to be considered as a cull. 



this class. Some favored the large, open, white centers, 

 others the medium in color, and others the narrow, shaft- 

 like white centers on back and wing bow. (See illustration 

 of old-time winners.) Bach breeder laid special stress on 



Fig. 25. 



SILVER WYANDOTTE FEMALE. 



There was for years such a vast difference of opinion 

 among the leading Silver Wyandotte breeders as to the 

 correct color of the female that amateurs were all at sea, 

 not alone as to breeding, but they were not sure of the color, 

 even when they were fortunate enough to produce good ones. 

 The bad effect of more than one ideal was not confined 

 alone to the amateur, as some of the best breeders were 

 producing birds of two or more shades of color, so they 

 might better cater to the varying opinions of the several 

 judges that might be called upon to award the prizes on 



the color as bred by him, and each had a good argument 

 to offer as to why his ideas were correct and best tor the 

 variety. 



The sections most at fault in color of female were back 

 and wing bows. These two sections would come bad in 

 lacing, no matter whether bred light or dark. The main 

 defect was the prevalence of double or triple lacing, sim- 

 ilar to that found on the back of a dark Brahma female; 

 and quite often the white in these sections would be stip- 

 pled or marked with black. That there was Dark Brahma 

 blood in the original crosses that made the Silver Wyan- 

 dotte, and that this cross is on the female side, is proven 



Fig. %. 

 STANDARD SILVER LACED WYANDOTTE FEMALE, 



