Breeding english game chicken

Their beaks are well curved and large for the size of their heads, and they have strong legs. Their earlobes are small, and they have large single combs and large wattles. Like most breeds, they have four toes and sharp, strong nails. The impressive thing is how many color variants are recognized. The American Poultry Association recognizes 28 colors, and in Great Britain, they recognize 30 colors for the Oxford type, and 13 colors for the Carlisle type.

As I mentioned earlier, they are rarely kept for their eggs as they lay a modest amount per year. That said, you can typically expect around eggs per year. That works out at around 3 or so a week on the high side. If the roosters are kept together, then they will fight to the death.

The Old English Game hens are aggressive too and should not be kept with other more docile breeds. Hens lay well and makes an excellent, reliable brooder and a very protective mother. They produce medium sized white colored eggs. The Old English Game chicks possess the fighting nature from a very young age and they are pretty slow to mature.

Old English Game chicken is also noted for their longevity. It has an average of 15 years or more lifespan. Bantam version is very good as pets. Review full breed profile of this chicken breed below. Your email address will not be published. Table of Contents. Old English are capable of considerable flight and may revert to a feral wild state in some areas.

They are the domestic breed most like the wild jungle fowl in appearance. Lewis, Celia. New York: Skyhorse Pub. The Livestock Conservancy, n. We are currently looking for high resolution pictures of any of the breeds.

However, there are shows pretty much everywhere nowadays, particularly if you are in England. If you have a show quality Old English Game, or even something that comes close to show quality, you are going to be ending up with a chicken that looks ridiculously beautiful.

It is going to be a true addition to your garden. This is a tough chicken to raise. If you have zero experience raising chickens, then this is not one for you. The thing with this breed is that it is a chicken that has been bred to be aggressive. You probably do not want to have it in close proximity to any other chickens, particularly if the breed is different.

It is going to try and start a fight and, yes, you may end up losing your chickens as a result. If you do have multiple chickens in the same coop, then there needs to be a considerable amount of space between each bird, or there is going to be a conflict. You may also find that that the chicken is a bit aggressive towards you. In fact, you are probably never going to be able to get close to it. Interestingly, despite the aggression towards other breeds, the Old English Game is a breed that seems to be more than happy to take other birds under its wing.

Although it does need to be associated with them since they are an egg otherwise, of course, there will be conflicts. The care tips for the Old English Game are pretty much the same as any other chicken breed.

This means that you need to make sure that the majority of the feed is grain.