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Farmers’ Bulletin 1052. 
RED CAP. 
The Red Cap is a breed of English origin which is rarely seen 
and is of little importance in this country. It is of medium size, 
with a fairly long body and a rather prominent breast. The large 
rose comb is very characteristic of this breed and should be set 
squarely on the head with no tendency to tip to one side. The legs 
are leaden blue in color. The hens lay white or tinted eggs, and are 
commonly classed as nonsitters, although they do occasionally hatch 
their eggs and raise chicks. 
Fig. 12. —Colored Dorking male. 
In color the male has a dark-red head, a blue-black hackle edged 
with red, the front of the hackle being black, deep-red wing bows, 
wing coverts brown, with a black half-moon spangle. The back and 
saddle feathers are red and black, the saddle feathers having a bluish- 
black stripe. The rest of the plumage is black. The female has a 
black neck laced with golden bay. The main tail feathers are black, 
and the rest of the plumage brown, each feather spangled with a 
bluish-black half-moon at the end, with the exception of the fluff, 
which is black mixed with brown. 
The standard weights for this breed are, cock pounds, hen G 
pounds, cockerel G pounds, pullet 5 pounds. 
