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The partridge Wyandotte came from crossing the gold-laced with Indian Game, partridge Cochin, gold-pencilled Hamburghs, and a strain called "Winnebago". [6] The Columbian was the result of a chance crossing of white Wyandottes with barred Plymouth Rock birds; it was named for Columbian Exposition and World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893.
not used; black-laced plumage is named after the red series colour instead: "golden laced" for black and red, "citron laced" for black and buff, "silver laced" for black and white Blue Laced Blue Laced Red Buff Laced also known as Chamois [3]: 447 Golden Laced Sebright Silver Laced
Barred cock and hen, illustration from Jean Bungartz, Geflügel-Album, 1885 Egg. The Plymouth Rock is an American breed of domestic chicken.It was first seen in Massachusetts in the nineteenth century and for much of the early twentieth century was the most widely kept chicken breed in the United States.
Both the light and the dark (pencilled) Brahma were included in the first Standard of Excellence, published by the original Poultry Club of Great Britain in 1865. [4]: 78 Both were included in the first Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association, published in 1874; [5] the buff variant was added in 1924 [5] or 1929. [7]
Twelve colour varieties are recognised in the Netherlands, eleven in Germany, and three – chamois-pencilled, gold-pencilled and silver-pencilled – in the United Kingdom. [ 12 ] [ 7 ] Use
Eleven different colour varieties are recognised in Germany and Holland, including silver-spangled, gold-spangled, gold-pencilled, citron-pencilled, silver-pencilled, white, black and citron-spangled; [6] six of these are included in the American standard of perfection. [5] Pencilled breeds are smallest and self-coloured birds are largest.
The comb, earlobes and wattles are bright red; the eyes are dark brown, the beak and toenails horn-coloured. Two colour varieties are recognised: silver-pencilled and gold-pencilled; the colour pattern of the plumage shows similarity to that of the Belgian Braekel. [1]: 116 [3]
The Totleger is kept in two colours: gold-pencilled and silver-pencilled. Cock birds weigh 2–2.5 kg and hens 1.5–2 kg. [4]: 140 The hens are non-sitters; they lay some 180 eggs per year, of about 50–65 g in weight. [1] Ring size is 16 mm for hens and 18 mm for cocks. [1]