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POULTRY CULTURE 



Fio. .(ij, 15icick WvandotlL- < irck. (IMio- 



tograpli from owner. I". S. (.'haticc. 



Kutlaud, Vermont) 



The Buff Wyandotte. The 

 history of this variety closely 

 parallels that of the Buff 

 Plymouth Rock. It was first 

 introduced to the public at 

 the same time and place, by 

 the same men, and with stock 

 from the same source, — 

 rose-combed buff birds from 

 the farm flocks of Rhode 

 Island Reds. Elsewhere Buff 



Fig. 415. Buff Wyandotte cockerel 

 (Photograph by E. J. Hall) 



Fig. 414. Black Wyandotte hen 

 owned by F. S. Chaffee. (Photo- 

 graph from owner) 



Wyandottes were made from 

 a variety of crosses, one of 

 the best being the cross of 

 Golden \Vyandotte and Buff 

 Cochin. 



Black Wyandottes. About 

 the time that white specimens 

 from Silveiv Laced \\'yandottes 

 were being bred together to 

 form a white variety of the 

 breed, the black specimens, 



