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Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 15, 1921 
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I N 1921 on American farms, 
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The Black Jersey Giant Poultry 
Could the Hope Farm man give me 
some detailed information about Jersey 
Giants? I have seen him refer to them 
several times and thought I would like 
to try them if he considers them a good 
bird to try in Florida. We have some 
scrub stock down there, and we want to 
eat them and put in a good strain. While 
here Plymouth Rock is a great favorite 
with us. I thought we might try the 
Giants down there. Are they as good as 
the Plymouth Rock? M. B. yager. 
Pennsylvania. 
The Black Jersey Giants at present oc¬ 
cupy about the place in their develop¬ 
ment that the It. I. Reds did 25 years 
ago. The “Giants” are not yet fully 
fixed” in character, but breeders are gen¬ 
erally agreed upon a true type, and are 
working to make it permanent. The 
“breed” or strain seems to have originat¬ 
ed in parts of Central or Southern New 
Jersey. For some years past visitors no¬ 
ticed large black birds on many of the 
Jersey farms. They were generally called 
“Giants” by the farmers, and were ranked 
as good layers and probably the largest of 
all “chickens.” They were in great favor 
for producing capons for the Philadelphia 
market. Their exact origin seems to be 
in doubt. They simply “appeared,” like 
the Red birds in Rhode Island. Probably 
they came originally from either the 
Black Langshan or the Black Java, 
crossed upon the ordinary farm poultry 
of Central New Jersey. The strongest 
evidence seems to be in favor of the Black 
Java. In our breeding of the Giants we 
find about 20 per cent “off color.” They 
show feathered legs in a few cases, while 
some of them show the unmistakable neck 
feathers of the Light Brahma. In one or 
two specimens the Barred Rock plumage 
is noted. With us about SO per cent 
breed true in color—a deep glistening| 
black. Two quite distinct types have ap¬ 
peared in our own fioek. One is a long- 
legged rangy bird with long neck, and 
while young something of the shape of the 
old-time “Shanghai.” With age these 
lanky birds fill out and develop a line, 
broad body. The other type is compactly 
built, broad aud thick, with rather short 
legs, small head, short neck and an aston¬ 
ishing development of breast meat. This 
latter, compact type, is most desired, and 
is being developed by most breeders. 
The Giants are without question the 
largest of all hens. They seem surpris¬ 
ingly heavy when taken in the hands. The 
black plumage is against them in the ap¬ 
pearance of the carcass, but for shape and 
disposition of choice parts of meat we 
have not seen their equal. We have both 
Reds and “Rocks” on the farm, but the 
Giants are clearly superior to either as 
meat producers. They have a single 
comb, large and upright. They are quiet 
and of a gentle disposition, the hens be¬ 
ing good mothers—less inclined to brood¬ 
iness than the Reds. They are not slug¬ 
gish as Brahmas, Cochins and other large 
breeds sometimes are. They lay a light- 
colored brown egg of good size. Some of 
the eggs are quite light in color—there 
being little uniformity in that respect. 
All sorts of stories are told about their 
egg production. Some breeders claim they 
surpass the Leghorns, but they have not 
yet been tried out in the egg-laying con¬ 
tests. There is a pen at one of the con¬ 
tests this year, but it has hardly started 
yet. With us the Giants are not quite 
equal to our Reds in egg production. The 
pullets are rather slow to mature, and do 
not start as early as the lighter breeds 
do. From our own experience we cannot 
rate the Giants high as egg producers. 
They lay steadily when they start, and 
will produce a fair number during the 
season, but they are heavy eaters and can¬ 
not, in our opinion, rank with Leghorns 
as economical egg producers. They do 
not need to in order to win a fair place 
in the poultry world. Their superiority 
lies in meat production, but we think they 
will, ou the average, outlay any of the 
other “big” breeds. 
While they stand confinement well, we 
think their final place will be found on 
large farms where they can run at large 
and forage for most of their food. For 
this work we think they are unsurpassed. 
They are far more active aud energetic 
than Brahmas or Cochins, better layers 
and quicker to mature. They are very 
hardy and well able to care for them¬ 
selves. We have found the eggs rather 
low in fertility, but that may have been 
due to special causes, and not an inherent 
characteristic of the breed. 
Some very wild stories have been told 
about the Giants, but. experience has 
strained them for us. The breed is not a 
world beater, but is a valuable addition to 
the poultry family. Those who like black 
color and who want a handsome bird, su¬ 
perior in meat production, fair as a layer, 
the best of them all as a forager, hardy, 
and an economical keeper, will make no 
mistake in trying the Giants. They will 
not yet breed entirely true to color or 
type, hut they are surely “coming,” and 
10 years from now will be in a class by 
themselves for a combination of egg-lay¬ 
ing and meat production. 
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