Old English Game
{{short description|British breed of domestic chicken}}
{{Distinguish|Old English name}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{use list-defined references|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{infobox poultry breed
| name = Old English Game
| image = Bunter Hahn Altenglischer Zwergkämpfer.JPG
| image_size =
| alt =
| image_caption = Bantam cock and hen
| status = Breed association (2002): secure{{r|dad}}
{{nobreak|FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|page=152}}}}
| altname =
| country = England
| distribution =
| standard =
| use =
| nickname =
| apa = All other standard breeds{{r|apa}}
| aba =
| ee =
| pcgb = Hard feather{{r|pcgb}}
| maleweight = Carlisle: up to 2.94 kg{{r|roberts|page=207}}
Oxford: 1.8–2.5 kg{{r|roberts|page=214}}
Bantam: 620–740 g{{r|roberts|page=222}}
| femaleweight =Carlisle: up to 2.50 kg{{r|roberts|page=207}}
Oxford: 0.9–1.36 kg{{r|roberts|page=214}}
Bantam: 510–620 g{{r|roberts|page=222}}
| skincolor =
| eggcolor = white tinted{{r|rbst}}
| comb = Single
| note =
| type = Chicken
| latin = Gallus gallus domesticus
}}
The Old English Game is a British breed of domestic chicken. It was probably originally bred for cockfighting.{{r|rbst}} Two different standards are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: Carlisle Old English Game and Oxford Old English Game.{{r|pcgb}} There is also an Old English Game bantam.{{r|pcgb}}
Characteristics
The Old English Game has many colour variants. Twenty-eight are recognised by the American Poultry Association,{{r|apa}} while the Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture lists thirty-three.{{r|ee}} In Britain, thirteen colours are recognised for the Carlisle type, and thirty for the Oxford type.{{r|rbst}}
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.{{r|rbst}}
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