10 BULLETIN 1385, V. B. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
about 22 ounces per dozen. Production claimed, 180 eggs per year. This is 
practically the same chicken as the Polish Greenfeet, except that it is being 
bred with Brown Leghorn color. Polish and Czechoslovakia^ poultry breeders 
accuse each other of pilfering this breed. Each country claims it for its own. 
Belgium: Malines. 
Two breeds, one of medium size, the adult hens weighing 4 to 5 pounds, with 
single comb ; one in which the adult female weighs 10 to 12 pounds, with pea 
comb. Both breeds have feathered legs, white skin. Divided into several 
different varieties, according to color, the most prevalent being the Coucou, 
grayish and black barred. Eggs are brown, large, weighing from 24 to 28 
ounces per dozen. Production claimed, 120 to 1G0 eggs per year. Kept for 
meat production especially. 
Gampines <niri Braekels. — The adult hen. campine, weighing about 3^ to 4 
pounds; Braekels, 4% to 6 pounds. White skin, single or rose comb, color 
golden or silver barred and penciled. Eggs white, good size. 24 to 20 ounces 
per dozen. Production claimed. 150 to 225 per year. Kept for egg production. 
Make especially good broilers when sold at three-quarters pound each. 
Hungary: Hungarian or Magyar. 
Small size, weight of adult females 3 to 4 pounds. Yellow skin and shanks. 
Eggs medium in si/.e. averaging 22 to 23 ounces to the dozen. Production 
claimed, up to 150 eggs per year. Varieties: Black, Yellow. White, and 
Speckled : not bred to a very definite general type. Had been used as the 
basis for crossing with imported cockerels of heavier breeds under Government 
supervision prior to the war. 
Naked Neeks. — Medium size, 4 to 5 pounds for adult hens: white skin, with 
lead-colored shanks. White and various colored varieties. Eggs white, fail- 
size, about 23 ounces per dozen. A plump, well-rounded body, the distinguish- 
ing characteristic being a featherless area of about 3 inches on the neck, the 
skin of which is red. probably because of sunburn. Egg production about 150 
eggs. This breed has the reputation of being the most hardy breed in eastern 
Europe. 
Spain: Castellan. 
Medium size, weight 4 to 5 pounds for adult females; black color, single comb, 
bluish-white skin, lead-colored shanks. Size of eggs, medium: weight, about 
22 to 2.'-5 ounces per dozen. Production claimed, up to 200 eggs per year. This 
breed is closely related to the Minorca, although very much smaller than the 
American type of this breed. 
Prat. — Medium size, weight 4 to 5 pounds for adult hens: white skin, slatish- 
colored shanks. Varieties: Buff, White, and other colors. The eggs white. 
good size. 24 to 2.1 ounces per dozen. A very hardy bird and rather widely 
distributed in the western part of Spain. 
France: LaBresse. 
Medium size, woight 4^ to 5^ pounds for adult females, white skin, bluish 
gray shank. Varieties : Gray, Black, White, and other colors. Eggs white, 
good size 24 to 25 ounces per dozen. Kept mainly for fattening for meat 
production and to produce the celebrated LaBresse fowl either pure or through 
crossing. Production about 150 egz* per year. 
LaFleche. — Large size, adult females 6 to 8 pounds, skin white, legs dark 
slate or black, color black, comb consisting of two red horns, distinctive to 
the breed. Eggs white, good size, weighing 24 to 26 ounces. Production 
about 140 e.i, r us per year. Kept almost entirely for feeding for meat produc- 
tion or for crossing on other varieties to improve their meat quality. 
TURKEYS 
The raising of turkeys in Europe in large numbers is confined 
to Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, and parts of Russia, although 
there are small scattered productions in France, Poland, Italy, and 
other sections. As with fowl, the largest number of market turkeys 
is produced in the corn-growing areas. The European turkey is 
descended from the same stock as the American domesticated turkey — 
the wild Mexican turkey — but the size is inferior to that produced 
in the United States. 
