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Farmers' Bulletin 1052. 
The Cochin has been bred for extreme development of feathers, 
with the result that it is known at the present time in the I nited 
States principally as a fancy fowl and is not kept to any great extent 
on farms. The comb is single. I lie shanks and toes are }ello\i, 
except in the Black Cochin, in which the shanks may show some 
black, and the skin of all varieties is yellow. The hens of this breed 
lay brown eggs. The standard weight of cocks is 11 pounds, hens 
pounds, cockerels 9 pounds, pullets 7 pounds. 
Buff Cochin—The Buff Cochin is distinguished from the other 
Cochins by the color alone, which should be an even shade of golden 
buff throughout. Shafting, or the presence of feathers having a 
shaft of different color from the rest of the feather, and mealiness, 
or the presence of feathers sprinkled with lighter color as though 
sprinkled with meal, are undesirable. As deep an undercolor of buff 
as it is possible to obtain is desired. The shade of buff of the females 
runs somewhat lighter than that of the males. An important point 
in this variety, as in all other buff varieties, is to have the shade of 
color as even as possible over the entire surface. 
