The Malay fowl is a fine, handsome looking fowl, stands tall, and has a very upright gait. On looking at its comb, you would almost imagine it had been dubbed, as is done with game cocks; but one is led to see the necessity of this naturally dubbed comb, as there is no fowl so quarrelsome as the Malay. They have been known, when placed in front of a looking-glass, to severely injure themselves in fighting with their shadow. The chickens are, perhaps, the most ungainly looking things when young that can possibly be imagined; half fledged, for they fledge slowly, with long legs, they have the appearance of a young stork without the long bill. The pullets lay very early, and the eggs are a nice medium size and have a tinted shell. It is always advisable, if you wish to propagate the breed, to place your sitting of Malay eggs under a Dorking hen - the long legs of the Malays are very much in the way in sitting, whereas the short-legged Dorking can leave her nest without disturbing or cracking the eggs.