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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]
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 ...
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 ...
The Cobb 500 is a fast-growing broiler chicken breed. They can reach a 2 kg slaughter weight at 33 days old. They can reach a 2 kg slaughter weight at 33 days old. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They make up around half of all globally farmed chickens as of 2016. [ 3 ]
The Hubbard firm was the originator of the Golden Comet Chicken breed. [5] Its other names include Golden Buff, Red Star, Gold Sex-Link and Cinnamon Queen. [2] It is not officially recognized as a breed of chicken by the American Poultry Association because it is a crossbreed. [6]
This page lists various crossbreeds between two or more chicken breeds or varieties. This includes commercial crossbreeds used for egg and meat production, common crossbreeds used as broody hens by poultry breeders and fanciers, and miscellaneous crossbreeds between any two or three chicken breeds not directly used for the purposes stated above.
The Styrian Hen is known as the only autochthonous (native) chicken breed of Slovenian area, with all other breeds being traditional at most, hence introduced in the past and consequently adapted to country's conditions. [4] The Altsteirer's set of traits suggests the breed may share a common descent with other Mediterranean chicken breeds. [3]
The Nankin Bantam or Nankin is a British bantam breed of chicken. [6] It is a true bantam, a naturally small breed with no large counterpart from which it was miniaturised. It is of South-east Asian origin, and is among the oldest bantam breeds. It is a yellowish buff colour, and the name is thought to derive from the colour of nankeen cotton ...