The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74
Crosses for laying only
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.