Old English Game
British breed of domestic chicken
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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: the Carlisle Old English Game and the Oxford Old English Game.[7] There is an Old English Game bantam.[7][8]
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Characteristics
The Old English Game has many colour variants. In Britain, thirteen colours are recognised for the Carlisle type, and thirty for the Oxford type,[4] while the Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture lists thirty-three.[6] Twenty-eight are recognised by the American Poultry Association,[5]
