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POULTRY CULTURE 



Fig. 382. Buff Cochin cock. (Photograph 



from owners, Tienken and Case, Rochester, 



Michigan) 



Partridge next but far behind, 

 the Black and the White com- 

 paratively rare, though before 

 the appearance of the Lang- 

 shan the Black Cochin (some- 

 times under that name and 

 sometimes as the Java) seems 

 to have been widely distributed. 

 In shape the modern Cochin 

 of the exhibition type differs 

 greatly from the early Asiatic 

 type. In this division of the 

 Asiatics the development of 

 feathers on the body and feet 

 has been carried as far as pos- 

 sible, making the birds (the 

 hens especially) appear like big 

 balls of feathers. To heighten 



this effect the neck and the legs have been somewhat shortened, 



though not as much as appears, 



for a part of the apparent short- 

 ness of extremities is due to the 



length, abundance, and loose, fluffy 



character of the plumage. In the 



most heavily feathered specimens 



the shank is completely covered 



with feathers, on both inner and 



outer sides. Although the feathers 



on the body and feet are abundant, 



the tail and wing feathers are much 



shortened. The American Stand- 

 ard weights for Cochins are cock, 



1 1 pounds ; cockerel, 9 pounds ; 



hen, 8^ pounds ; pullet, 7 pounds. 



These weights are often exceeded. ^ The comb is single ; it is small 



in the females and, preferably, also in the males, though it is not 



'I have had Buff Cochin cocks weigh as high as 14 pounds, and credible 

 reports give 16 and 17 pounds as extreme heavy weights. 



Fig. 3S3. Buff Cochin hen. (Photo- 

 graph from owners, Tienken and Case) 



