| +-------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------+ | | | | | | | | | |Silver Males Silver Males GOLD MALES Gold Males Silver Females Gold Female. | |(Eng. type) (Belgian type) (ENG. TYPE 1912) (Belgian type) | | ============== | | ============== | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |_F_ | | | | SILVER MALE (offspring of C) X SILVER FEMALE (pure) | | | | | +------------------------------------+------------------------+ | | | | | | |Silver Males (English type) Silver Females Gold Females | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Smith and Haig have reported the following curious case of hen-feathering. Smith had a breed of White Leghorns with cocks of two classes--those that assumed cock plumage at 6 months and those that are like the hens for 8 months, after which they slowly assumed the cock-feathering. The difference is hereditary and appears to segregate. Possibly this breed had one factor at least for hen-feathering that is effective for young birds, but not for older ones, or some of the birds pass through a stage when they produce an internal secretion that disappears later. But it is also possible, and perhaps more probable, that the young birds, not cock-feathered, have remained longer in the juvenile stage than the others, so that they might be said to be falsely hen-feathered.