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: the Carlisle Old English Game and the Oxford Old English Game]].^[7] There is an Old English Game bantam.^[7][8]

Old English Game

Bantam cock and hen
Conservation status	Breed association (2002): secure[1] FAO (2007): not at risk[2]: 152
Country of origin	United Kingdom
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 colour	white tinted[4]
Comb type	single
Classification
APA	all other standard breeds[5]
EE	yes[6]
PCGB	hard feather[7]
Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus

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]

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]