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Title: Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, Lewis, 1838-1905 Lewer, Sidney Herbert, 1862-
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: London, New York, Cassell
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ow the attempt tokeep up this must handicap a black breed ; butnow the dusky leg is finally acknowledged as inthe Standard, there is no reason why BlackCochins should not enter upon a new career. In this respect the modern IMack Cochinpossesses several present advantages over theother colours. The hardiness above spoken of,is beyond doubt due to the several recentinfusions of new blood already referred to. Itssuperiority to the other colours as a la\-er, whichis noticeable, is partly due to the same cause,but is further due in part to the desire for lustrein the plumage This cannot be attained withtoo soft and fluffy body-feather, but demands acertain closeness of texture over those parts ofthe body where lustre is desired ; hence in thisrespect the Black Cochin approaches rather morethe older and better laying model, while at thesame time fluff and cushion can be developed inample proportion. In regard to colour, it is possible to over-estimate the effect of crossing in producing the
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WHITE COCHINS. red or golden feathers which are so tiresome inbreeding. Crossing would of course increasethese ; but all black fowls, however well bred,have more or less tendency that way — evenSpanish and Hamburghs manifest it occasion-ally. In one way, red may be regarded as a sortof excess in lustre; and though the colour shouldas a rule be bred out rigorously, and green glossselected for in breeding, it is an undoubted factthat if lustre has become deficient in the femalesof black races, it can sometimes be restored bythe use of a male with a little red in his hackle.The lustre of these birds is best attained andpreserved for exhibition by keeping them forsome weeks out of the sun and strong light ;the rest is health and condition. White Cochins were shown of very highquality from quite early days, those exhibitedby Mrs. Herbert then, not being surpassed formany years : in regard to hens,White indeed, many good judges considered Cochins. that the Whites surpassed all others in C

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