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Old English Game
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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. Two different standards are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: Carlisle Old English Game and Oxford Old English Game. There is also an Old English Game bantam.

History

Characteristics

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

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.

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