Yakido
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Other names
- Ygido
- Hachikido[1]: 94
Country of originJapan
| Other names |
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|---|---|
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Use | cock-fighting |
| Traits | |
| Weight | |
| Skin colour | red |
| Egg colour | cream to brown[2] |
| Comb type | triple |
| Classification | |
| APA | no[3] |
| EE | yes[4] |
| PCGB | Asian hard feather[5] |
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The Yakido (Japanese: 八木戸鶏) is a Japanese breed of fighting chicken. It belongs to the Shamo group of breeds. It was bred in the Kansai region in southern Honshu in the mid-nineteenth century. It was made a Natural Monument of Japan in 1950.[6]
The Yakido derives from the Shamo group of fighting chicken breeds, which are thought to descend from birds of Malay type brought from Thailand in the early part of the seventeenth century, during the Edo period.[7]: 13 The Yakido was bred in Mie Prefecture, in Kansai region in southern Honshu, in the mid-nineteenth century, in the late Edo period.[8]: 321 [9]: 105 It was made a Natural Monument of Japan under law 214 of 30 May 1950.[6]