Rose-Combed Orpingtons. 
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“A few of the cockerels may come a little splashed in the hackles and saddle feathers, dl 
liable to appear in all black breeds, more or less, and especially in a newly-raised breed. Some- 
times there is not one chicken in a brood which shows a coloured feather. The plumage is ve y 
glossy in both sexes, but more particularly in the cock. The sheen should be much the sam 
colour as that of a good Langshan ; single combs, evenly serrated in both sexes, standing erect in 
the cock, not large but neat ; red face and ear-lobes, black or dark legs, not too long, white toe 
ROSE-COMBED ORPINGTON HEN. 
nails, four toes on each foot, well spread out from each other. The hen’s comb may fall a little to 
one side if it is evenly serrated and without folds in it. 
“ The Rose-combed Orpingtons are very much like the single-combed Orpingtons in shape 
and colour, but have a rose comb ; I do not hesitate to say that this variety stands right away 
from all other breeds in appearance. It is the only breed out which is black in colour, that has 
a rose comb, except the Black Hamburgh, this latter being a small bird with white ear-lobes. 
The Rose-combed Orpingtons are free from white in the ear-lobes, and, being large birds with 
rose combs, the demand for them is very great. There are always a number of people to take 
up a fresh variety of fowls, more especially if it is likely to be a profitable one. This variety 
I have brought out will well repay those fanciers who speculate in it. It is my wish to be plain 
in writing of this breed, and not to lead people astray, and, as I have referred to their good 
