Points of the Redcap. 
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1 am informed that it was in Nottinghamshire that the name of Crammers came into use. With 
regard to its origin, my own opinion is that the Redcap is the original of the Golden-spangled 
Hamburgh, and this opinion is shared by many of the modern poultry writers. 
“The Redcap cock is a fine-bodied bird of noble and commanding appearance, the 
‘crowned’ king, as it were, of all poultry. Nothing could possibly be more ornamental than 
his large symmetrically-shaped comb, full of a great number of fine, long spikes, with leader 
behind. It should be well carried — firm, straight, and standing well up from the eyes. For 
Redcaps. 
years Redcaps were bred with very ugly combs ; and to this fact may be attributed much of 
the unpopularity of the breed. The improvement in the Redcap comb during the last ten 
years is something wonderful ; an ugly comb being now very rarely met with. With regard 
to its size, it should be as large as can be comfortably carried by the bird. The comb of an 
exhibition bird which I measured was 51 inches in length, and 3f inches in breadth, but I 
have had birds with even larger combs than this. The weight of this cock was lbs. I 
exported a cock two years old to Australia in March, 1889, which weighed just 9 lbs. 
“The principal faults found in combs are— size ; want of spikes; being badly spiked 
behind; having a hollow in the middle; unsymmetrical shape; being too heavy in front 
falling to one side, or hanging over too near the eyes. A cock which is very faulty in any 
