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A Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening of Poultry

A Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening of Poultry

Main, James

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1235761991
ISBN13: 9781235761997
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.15 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1850 Excerpt: ... brown, which has remained: its legs were constantly yellow. Tlie Adria Fowl.--The ancients so named a dwarf breed, which they got from the environs of Adria, a town in Italy, which had given its name to the Adriatic Sea. Aristotle speaks in high terms of the fecundity of these fowls; they lay, says he, every day, and sometimes two eggs a day. The Alexandria Fowl.--The ancients mentioned it as one of the finest breeds: it now has nothing remarkable in it. The Silvery Fowl.--This is the name which the curious have given to tufted fowls, the plumage of which exhibits spots regularly distributed, and of a very clear white. The Bantam Fowl.--(Phasianut pusillus, Lath.) A pretty variety, the legs of which are covered with feathers, till the beginning of the claws, but on the outward side only; those on the thighs are very long, and form kinds of bunches, which descend much lower than the heel: the irides of the eyes are red. The Bantam Cock is very courageous; he is willing to fight against cocks twice his size. The Caux Fowl.--(Phasianus Patavinus, Lath.) It is almost twice as large and bulky as the common fowl, from which it does not y otherwise differ. The chickens of this breed get their feathers later than those of the common breed. The Five-clawed Fowl.--(Phasianus Pentadactylus, Lath.) The character of this breed is having five claws to each foot, three before and two behind. The Common Fowl.--This is the breed that proves most profitable, at least in our countries: it is therefore that which is generally preferred. Its plumage exhibits numberless varieties, which also differ among themselves by the colour of the legs, some having them black, others blackish, others yellow, &c. Experience has taught us that common fowls with black legs are preferable for t...

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