The Encyclopaedia of the Poultry Yard (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Encyclopaedia of the Poultry Yard Andalusian Fowl - This fowl is no doubt a native of Spain, whence it found its way into this country, where it was crossed with the Black Spanish variety with the apparent object of increasing the size of its comb, an improvement of very doubtful value. The Andalusian can scarcely be regarded as a desirable bird for table purposes, though it possesses some merits in that di rection, but its great value lies in its powers as an egg-producer, the productiveness of the hens being exceptionally high. Their eggs, in addition to being numerous, are large and of a good ¿avour, and of a white colour. The breed stands confinement very well, and hence is well worthy of the consideration of those who have only a limited amount of space for their birds. Andalusian hens rarely, if ever, evince a desire to incubate, and hence the variety may be included in the category of non-sitting breeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.