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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

Crosses for laying only

page 7

Crosses for laying only.

In all crosses use a cock of the breed first named.

Per summer laying, Hamburg-Leghorn, Leghorn-Minorca, or Minorca-Hamburg.

For winter and summer laying, Leghorn-Plymonth Rock, Minorca-Brhama, Hamburg-Brahma, Hamburg-Cochin, Houdan-Leghorn; and, besides these, a Leghorn or Minorca cock may be crossed with a Lang-Shan, Brahma, Plymouth Rock, or Cochin lien. I may here remark that it is easier to get good-laying strains of Minorcas and of Langshans than of other breeds.

To insure good laying in all the female progeny, both the pure-bred birds must be of a good laying strain.

If eggs are to be sent to London, try to get a cross that lays a tinted kg by using crosses with the Cochin, Langshan, Brahma, and Plymouth Rock hens.