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Old English Game Large Fowl are the standard size counterpart of the Old English Game Bantams. Old English Games are very hardy, extremely active and very noisy. Skin Color: White. Use: Old English Games are strictly an ornamental fowl. Old English Games are capable of considerable flight and may revert to a feral (wild) state in some areas. The Old English Game Fowl has both deep historical roots and a deep, ardent following among people in the modern era. Look at the bird’s name, and you know much about it. This breed is old–there are mosaics in the ancient city of Pompeii depicting birds that appear quite similar.

Old English Game
Traits
Conservation status	Breed association (2002): secure^[1] FAO (2007): not at risk^[2]^:152
Country of origin	England
Weight	Male: Carlisle: up to 2.94 kg^[3]^:207 Oxford: 1.8–2.5 kg^[3]^:214 Bantam: 620–740 g^[3]^:222 Female: Carlisle: up to 2.50 kg^[3]^:207 Oxford: 0.9–1.36 kg^[3]^:214 Bantam: 510–620 g^[3]^:222
Egg color	white tinted^[4]
Comb type	Single
Classification
APA	All other standard breeds^[5]
PCGB	Hard feather^[6]

Standard Modern Game Chicken

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]

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History[edit]

Characteristics[edit]

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]

Black Standard Old English Game Fowl

Use[edit]

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

References[edit]

Standard Old English Game Fowl Wheaten

^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. ISBN9789251057629. Accessed November 2016.
^ ^a^b^c^d^e^fVictoria 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. ISBN9781405156424.
^ ^a^b^c^dOld English Game. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed November 2016.
^ ^a^bAPA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
^ ^a^b^cBreed 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.

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Old English Game Fowl Standard