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Vaynol cattle are angular in appearance with curved hocks and a sloping rump. They can be white with black points or sometimes completely black. The black is found on the ears, eyelids, hooves, nose, on the point of the horns and they sometimes have black socks. The females can have black teats on their udders.
A white colour variety was bred in South Africa the 1930s, [10] and in Australia in the 1940s. [11] It was recognised in Australia in 2012. [ 4 ] A bantam Australorp was bred in the early 1930s by Roy Corner and Jack Mann, and was first exhibited at a poultry show in 1934.
Their conformation is similar to other dairy breeds and they have a placid disposition. They are variable in colour, ranging from nearly entirely black, through red, to white with dark ears and muzzle. Often the sides and flanks are black, red or blue roan while the topline of the back and the underside of the belly are white.
The rooster might have a few red or gold feathers on the wings. Over time, white spots can occur on its feathers, which is a sign of aging. On the head there is a characteristic crest of black feathers. They possess a V comb. In most cases their crest leans forward. Its beak is yellow (or gold), or even white, whereas the feet are mainly olive ...
The Black has black shanks and beaks, though some yellow may appear in the legs. The plumage is a uniform black hue that has a dark green sheen in the light. The Mottled and White have mostly yellow skin, with horn colored beaks. The plumage of the Mottled is a black base with white markings on the tips of feathers, which imparts a spotted ...
The skin is white and the legs black or dark slate-coloured. [3] [13] The British Poultry Standards call for a higher weight, in the range 2.70–3.60 kg for both cocks and hens. [2] In the United Kingdom blue and white colour varieties of the Minorca are recognised, [2] and in some other countries there are buff and barred varieties. [5]
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The gold-laced Wyandotte was produced by breeding silver-laced hens with gold-spangled Hamburg and partridge Cochin cocks, the white Wyandotte was a sport of the silver-laced, and the buff variant came from crossing the silver-laced with buff Cochin stock; [2]: 311 the black variant was also a sport, of both the silver-laced and the gold-laced. [6]