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The breeds of poultry in the British Poultry Standards of the Poultry Club of Great Britain include chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. [1] [2] Chickens. Breed
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
Front cover of the sixth edition of the British Poultry Standards [1]. The British Poultry Standard is the oldest poultry fancy breed standard in the world. It is published by the Poultry Club of Great Britain and is the official reference standard used by judges at poultry shows within the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Pages in category "Chicken breeds originating in the United Kingdom" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Australia - List of breeds in the Australian Poultry Standards; Italy - List of Italian poultry breeds; Slovenia - List of Slovenian domestic animal breeds; UK - List of breeds in the British Poultry Standards. Shetland - Shetland animal breeds; USA - Chicken breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association
The Orpington is a British breed of chicken. It was bred in the late nineteenth century by William Cook of Orpington, at that time in Kent in south-east England. [5]: 115 It was intended to be a dual-purpose breed, to be reared both for eggs and for meat, but soon became exclusively a show bird. [6] [7] The Australorp of Australia derives from it.
The Sussex was not included in the first poultry standard, the Standard of Excellence in Exhibition Poultry of William Bernhardt Tegetmeier, in 1865. [2]: 289 The breed standard for the Sussex was drawn up in 1902, with three colour varieties, the light, the red and the speckled. [7] Of these, the speckled was the oldest.
The breed was first mentioned in the Middle Ages, when the English nobility selectively bred them for cockfighting. [1] The Old English Game has been recognised in Great Britain since the 19th Century and is thought to be a descendant of the ancient fighting cocks. It is likely that they were the first selectively bred breed of chicken in ...