STANDARD VARIETIES OF CHICKENS. 
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Fig. 14. — Rose Comb Black Minorca, female. 
of the rose-comb varieties is fairly large, square in front, and termi¬ 
nating in a well-defined spike which has a tendency to follow the 
neck. The rose comb of the female is practically the same as that 
of the male in shape, but, of course, is smaller, although rather large 
for a female. 
The skin of all varieties of Minorcas is white. This is a distinct 
drawback from the standpoint of the production of market poultry 
in this country, as the popular demand is for fowls with a yellow 
skin. The black and dark slate legs and toes of the black varieties, 
and the white or pinkish white legs and toes of the white and bull 
varieties, are likewise a drawback from a market point of view, as 
the popular demand is for yellow-legged fowls. 
The standard weights of the Single Comb Black Minorca are: 
Cock, 9 pounds; hen, 7 \ pounds; cockerel, 7 } pounds; pullet, fd 
pounds. The standard weights of all of the other varieties of 
Minorcas are: Cock, 8 pounds; hen, pounds; cockerel, 61 pounds; 
pullet, 5^ pounds. 
The Single Comb Black Minorca (figs. 11 and 12) undoubtedly 
is the best known of the Minorcas in this country. This variety is 
