Rumpless Game
{{short description|British breed of chicken}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
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| altname = {{unbulleted list|Manx Rumpy|Persian Rumpless}}
| country = United Kingdom
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| pcgb = rare hard feather{{r|pcgb}}
| maleweight = Standard: 2.3–2.7 kg
Bantam: 620–740 g
| femaleweight =Standard: 1.8–2.3 kg
Bantam: 510–620 g
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| type = Chicken
| latin = Gallus gallus domesticus
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The Rumpless Game is a British breed of tail-less chicken.{{r|ee}} It may have originated on the Isle of Man,{{r|baas}} and may thus be known as the Manx Rumpy.{{r|ekarius|page=130}} There are both standard-sized and bantam Rumpless Game.
History
= Manx Rumpy =
The British breed has never been imported to the United States.{{r|tlc}} In 1958 some tail-less birds, supposedly of Iranian origin, were crossed with other breeds to produce an approximation of the British type, and the name "Manx Rumpy" applied to them,{{r|tlc}} perhaps by analogy with the tail-less Manx cat.{{r|ekarius|page=130}} The Livestock Conservancy recommends that they be called "Persian Rumpless". They are not recognised by the American Poultry Association.{{r|graham}} They are good layers of brown eggs, and may also occasionally lay white, blue, or green eggs.{{r|ekarius|page=130}}
Characteristics
The Rumpless Game, like all other tail-less breeds such as the Araucana and the Barbu d'Everberg, lacks the uropygium from which the tail grows.{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iO7bAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA454 |title=The Book of Poultry |page=454 |first=Lewis |last=Wright |publisher=Cassell and Company |location=London |year=1891}} It is a hard-feathered breed, with a single comb and small wattles and earlobes. All colours are acceptable under the standard of the Poultry Club of Great Britain.{{r|graham}}
Rumpless Game males weigh {{convert|2.3|–|2.7|kg|0}} and hens {{convert|1.8|–|2.3|kg|0|abbr=on}}.