The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-06
sINaLE-oome RHODE ISLAND RED cockEREL


Prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agrlculture.)
The Java Is one Of the Oldest breeds
IF chickens developed in the United
States. In general this fowl tends to
be long in body and broad in back. The
black variety are black, or black APP
preaching yellow, while those of the
mottled variety are yellow and leaden
blue. The color of the legs detracts
somewhat from the fowl for market
purposes. The skin, however, is yell
low. The hens are good layers OF
brown-shelled eggs, and the fowls are
suitable for table purposes. This breed
is not very commonly found at the
present time. The standard weights
are: Cock, nine and one-half pounds;
hen, seven and one-half pounds; cock
erel, eight pounds, pullet, six and one
half pounds.
There are two varieties of the
Javas, the Black and the Notified. The
color of the Black Java is black
throughout, with a greenish sheen on
the surface plumage. Purple barring
is undesirable. In the Notified Java
the plumage is a notified black and
white throughout, the black being more
plentiful than the white. The under
color of the Notified Java is slaty.
Dominique Breed.
The Dominique is also one of the
| Oldest Of the American breeds. The
! Dominique color is associated in. the
minds Of people throughout the coun-
! try with the barnyard fowl and is fire.
quently confused with the Barred
Plymouth Rock color. The Dominique
Is somewhat smaller and somewhat
slighter in body. with a tail somewhat
longer and slckles more prominent,
than the other American breeds. This
breed has a rose comb and yellow legs
and skin. The hens lay brown-shelled
eggs and are good table fowls, al
though somewhat smaller than the 9th
er general-purpose breeds. The stand
ard weights for this breed are: Cock,
seven pounds; hen, five pounds; cock
erel, six pounds pullet, four pounds.
The purebred Dominique is not extern
sively kept at the present time in the
United States.
In color of plumage the Dominique
has a general blush or slaty cast, the
feathers in all sections being barred
throughout with alternate. rather ir-
regular, dark and light bars. The
markings somewhat resemble those OF
the Barred Plymouth Rock, but are
less distinct, and lack the clean-cut
character of the Plymouth Rock
barring. Like the Barred Plymouth
Rock, each feather should end with Q
dark tip. The Dominique male may
be, and often is, one or two shades
lighter than the female. Slate I'M
dercolor occurs throughout.
Rhode Island Reds.
The Rhode Island Red is one of the
newest breeds which have been devel
oped in this country. At the present
| time it bears an excellent reputation
among the farmers and is kept very
extensively throughout the farming
districts. The breed originated il
Rhode Island, where it was devel
oped BIZ the farmers engaged in poul
try raising. The Malay, Buff, Cochin
Buff Leghorn, and Wyandotte are sale
to have been used In its development
In type the Rhode Island Red has Z
rather long, rectangular body and 4
somewhat rangier in appearance thar
The Plymouth Rock or the Wyandotte
The hens are profitable layers Of
hrown-shelled eggs. and the breed
makes a very suitable table fowl, hay
ing yellow legs and yellow skin. The
Rhode Island Reds have enjoyed an ex
cellent reputation for hardness. which
IN the main. they have well deserved
The standard weights for this breet
are: Cock, eight and one-half pounds
hen, six and one-half pounds; cocSerel
seven. and one-half pounds, pullet, fiy'
pounds.
There are two varieties of the Rhode
Island Red which are identical il
color and type, but one of which ha
Il single comb and the other a ros,
comb.
In color the Rhode Island Red is ;
rich, dark red, approaching a mahog
any. II is desired TO have this colo
as even as possible over the entiri
surface. There is tendency, how
ever, for the hackle and the lowe
part of the saddle of the male to b.
lighter in color than the back ant