5 
Standard Varieties of Chickens. 
BREEDS AND VARIETIES. 
Following are the standard breeds and varieties of meat fowls: 
Standard breeds and varieties of meat fowls. 
Asiatic Class. 
Breed. 
Brahma 
Cochin 
Langshan 
Variety. 
Cock. 
->tandarc 
Hen. 
weight. 
Cock¬ 
erel. 
Bullet. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
flight. 
12 
94 
10 
8 
/Dark. 
11 
8i 
9 
7 
Buff. 
11 
84 
9 
7 
Partridge. 
1 1 
84 
9 
7 
1 White. 
11 
84 
9 
7 
Black. 
11 
8* 
9 
7 
/Black. 
9* 
7* 
8 
61 
‘ White. 
H 
71 
8 
H 
English Class. 
f White. 
74 
6 
64 
5 
Dnrlcinor 
< Silver- pray. 
8" 
64 
7 
54 
Colored . 
9 
7“ 
8 
6 
Bed Car) 
74 
6 
6 
5 
[Buff . 
10 
8 
84 
7 
Orpington. 
Black . 
10 
8 
84 
7 
White . 
10 
8 
84 
7 
Blue. 
10 
8 
84 
7 
[ Dark .. 
10 
74 
8“ 
6 
Cornish . 
i White. 
10 
74 
8 
6 
[White-Ba.eed Bed.. 
8 
6 
7 
5 
Sussex. 
/Speckled . 
9 
9 
7 
74 
74 
6 
6 
/Bed . 
7 
French Class. 
Houdan. 
/Mottled . 
74 
74 
8 
64 
64 
64 
64 
54 
\White. 
54 
6 
Cr&veenenr 
Bla.ek _ . 
7 
7 
Tin. Fleehe 
Black. 
84 
74 
74 
64 
Fa.verol 1 es . 
Salmon. 
8“ 
64 
7 
54 
In describing these breeds and varieties it is the intention to give 
only a general statement of their appearance and characteristics. For 
a detailed description of standard exhibition specimens the reader is 
referred to the American Standard of Perfection, a book published by 
the American Poultry Association, which is the guide used in judging 
at all poultry shows in the United States. The breeds are discussed 
here in the order in which they appear in the American Standard of 
Perfection. 
