Show characteristics OF WYANDOTTE E BREED prepared by the united states department of Agil apiculture culture the wyandotte Wyandot tp chicken Is IR a roso rose conia breed and Is characterized us is a breed of curves the body Is comparatively ively round and set somewhat lower on the legs than the plymouth rock hock it is inclined to be it a looser feathered breed ind and its general shape and character of feathering gives it an appearance of being soTie somewhat Ii it short backed and sheet t bodied the wyandotte is it a breed which also alo M aas 15 developed in the united states slates and lias has become very popular the silver wyandotte was the original variety and it Is generally believed that the lie dark tile HIP silver spangled hamburg and the buit cochin played a part in its origin it Is somewhat smaller than tile the plymouth rock the standard weight being abeln for the cock S pounds pound hen 61 G 4 pounds cockerel 71 7 pounds pullet 5 51 pounds the liens hena are arc fairly prolific layers of brown bronn eggs ire are reputed to be good winter layers and 4 N 3 am Z WN Z fl WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKEREL AND PULLET the breed as a whole makes a flue fine table fowl the young chickens do not tend to have the same leggy stage which is characteristic of the rocks and most of the other general purpose breeds breed ind and the breed Is therefore well suited for the production of broilers like the plymouth rock all the varieties a of this breed are yellow legged and yellow skinned which adds to their market popularity silver wyandotte 0 in the silver wyandotte the male has a silver white back and I 1 the hackle and saddle feathers being striped with willi black the feathers of the body and breast are white each laced with a black edge the main fall feathers are arc black the fluff Is a blate color with mime pray gray mixture the color of the demule shows white feathers laced with black over the entire body eveett tile hackle which 14 I 1 black laced with white arid and the main trill feathers which cileli Ii leli are black and some ome black in the NN alir liga NN while lille the nun fluff 1 is slit slate te inird N with it gray the color combination arid and the character of marking of the silver W make this 1 a I very attract e variety in the golden wyandol Wy andoe the general color is the same as in the alie siber wyandotte except that the white of the silver variety Is replaced with nith red and reddish brown bronn like the silver wyandotte the color and markings of the golden are arc very attractive most popular Var laty aty the white wyandotte Is undoubtedly the lie most popular variety of this breed the alie color Is white throughout and should be free from any brassiness or creaminess or black ticking in the buff wyandotte the color should bo be an even shade of bun buff throughout being identical nith I 1 that of the buff bud plymouth rock in the black wyandotte the color is black in all sections et lons showing a greenish sheen free froni from purple barring the is lighter somewhat on the slate order in the partridge wyandotte the color is the same as in the partridge plymouth rock in the silver penciled and columbian Wyan dottes the color is the same as in tile the corresponding varieties of the plymouth rocks |