Old English Game

Old English Game
	Bantam cock and hen
Conservation status	Breed association (2002): secure; FAO (2007): not at risk
Country of origin	England
Traits
Weight	Male: Carlisle: up to 2.94 kg; Oxford: 1.8–2.5 kg; Bantam: 620–740 g; Female: Carlisle: up to 2.50 kg; Oxford: 0.9–1.36 kg; Bantam: 510–620 g;
Egg color	white tinted
Comb type	Single
Classification
APA	All other standard breeds
PCGB	Hard feather
	Chicken; Gallus gallus domesticus;

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]

Characteristics

The Old English Game has many colour variants. Twenty-eight are recognised by the American Poultry Association,^[5] while the Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture lists thirty-three.^[7] In Britain, thirteen colours are recognised for the Carlisle type, and thirty for the Oxford type.^[4]

Use

Since the abolition of cock-fighting in 1849, the Old English Game has been kept primarily for show. Old English Game hens may lay about forty small tinted eggs in a year.^[4]

References

^ Breed data sheet: Old English Game/United Kingdom. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2014.
^ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Victoria Roberts (2008). British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 9781405156424.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Old English Game. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed November 2016.
^ ^a ^b APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
^ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.

[dad-1] Breed data sheet: Old English Game/United Kingdom. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2014.

[barb-2] Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed November 2016.

[roberts-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Victoria Roberts (2008). British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 9781405156424.

[rbst-4] Old English Game. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed November 2016.

[apa-5] APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.

[pcgb-6] Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.

[ee-7] Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.

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Old English Game

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