Old English Game

Not to be confused with Old English name.

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]

Old English Game

Bantam cock and hen
Conservation status	Breed association (2002): secure[1] FAO (2007): not at risk[2]: 152
Country of origin	England
Traits
Weight	Male: Carlisle: up to 2.94 kg[3]: 207  Oxford: 1.8–2.5 kg[3]: 214  Bantam: 620–740 g[3]: 222  Female: Carlisle: up to 2.50 kg[3]: 207  Oxford: 0.9–1.36 kg[3]: 214  Bantam: 510–620 g[3]: 222
Egg color	white tinted[4]
Comb type	Single
Classification
APA	All other standard breeds[5]
PCGB	Hard feather[6]
Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus

Characteristics

The Old English Game has many colour variants. Twenty-eight are recognised by the American Poultry Association,^[5] while the Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture lists thirty-three.^[7] In Britain, thirteen colours are recognised for the Carlisle type, and thirty for the Oxford type.^[4]

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.^[4]