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This was initially known as the Game, and in 1865 was included in nine colours in the Standard of Excellence in Exhibition Poultry, the first edition of the British Poultry Standard by William Bernhardt Tegetmeier; [10]: 20 a Game bantam was also listed. [10]: 47 From about 1870 it was known as the Exhibition Game or Exhibition Modern Game.
The Old English Game is a British breed of domestic chicken. It was probably originally bred for cockfighting. [4] Two different standards are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: Carlisle Old English Game and Oxford Old English Game. [6] There is also an Old English Game bantam. [6]
Colour Cock Hen Notes Black Laced not used; black-laced plumage is named after the red series colour instead: "golden laced" for black and red, "citron laced" for black and buff, "silver laced" for black and white
The Indian Game is a British breed of game chicken, now reared either for meat or show. It originated in the early nineteenth century in the counties of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It is a heavy, muscular bird with an unusually broad breast; the eggs are brown.
The Oxford Old English Game has a back angled 45° towards the ground and has approximately 30 different colour varieties. It is a small bird with many feathers on the plumage . The head is small with a big, strong beak, single comb, small thin earlobes and wattles with large eyes.
The breeds of poultry in the British Poultry Standards of the Poultry Club of Great Britain include chickens, ... Belgian Game: rare hard feather: Bergischer Kräher ...
The Australian Poultry Standard recognises black, cuckoo, lavender, splash, white and any colour which is standard in Old English Game. [19] The Poultry Club of Great Britain recognises twelve colours: black, black-red, blue, blue-red, crele, cuckoo, golden duckwing, lavender, pile, silver duckwing, spangled, and white. [2]: 43–44
The Rumpless Game, like all other tail-less breeds such as the Araucana and the Barbu d'Everberg, lacks the uropygium from which the tail grows. [1] [8] It is a hard-feathered breed, with a single comb and small wattles and earlobes. All colours are acceptable under the standard of the Poultry Club of Great Britain. [7]