STANDARD VARIETIES OF CHICKENS. 
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Fig. 3. —Single Comb Brown Leghorn, female. 
large area and pick up a considerable amount of feed. Fowls of 
these breeds do not have the same tendency to become overfat as 
fowls of larger breeds, and though they respond to careful feeding 
they are not so quick to feel the bad effects of overfeeding. Because 
of their smaller size they do not eat as much as fowls of the larger 
breeds. 
All of the egg breeds are classed as nonsitters—that is to say, they 
do not become broody and hatch their eggs. Occasional individuals 
will show broodiness, and will even bring off a hatch of chicks; but 
they are not dependable for this purpose. Where egg breeds are 
kept it is therefore necessary either to depend upon hatching with 
incubators and brooding with heated brooders or else to keep hens of 
a broody breed for the purpose of hatching and brooding the chicks. 
All of the egg breeds are clean legged or have shanks free from 
feathers and have white or creamy white ear lobes. They are close- 
feathered fowls, being tighter in this respect than the Plymouth 
Kocks, but not so tight as the Games. All of them also lay white 
eggs of good size, and as a class they are reputed to be excellent 
layers. 
