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{{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}}<br>{{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}}<br>Oxford: 1.8–2.5 kg{{r|roberts|page=214}}<br>Bantam: 620–740 g{{r|roberts|page=222}}
| femaleweight  =Carlisle: up to 2.50 kg{{r|roberts|page=207}}<br>Oxford: 0.9–1.36 kg{{r|roberts|page=214}}<br>Bantam: 510–620 g{{r|roberts|page=222}}
| skincolor     =
| eggcolor      = white tinted{{r|rbst}}
| comb          = Single
| note          = 
| type          = Chicken
| latin         = Gallus gallus domesticus
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The '''Old English Game''' is a British breed of domestic [[Biology:Chicken|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}}

==History==


== 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}}

==References==
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<ref name=apa>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171104135004/http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/PDF%20Forms/APA%20Recognized%20Breeds%20and%20Varieties%20Sept2012.pdf APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012]. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.</ref>

<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Accessed November 2016.</ref>

<ref name=dad>[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=8e4d32da3d6d4b10976c3d44b64f4dba,reportsreport8a_50005711 Breed data sheet: Old English Game/United Kingdom]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2014.</ref>

<ref name=pcgb>[http://www.poultryclub.org/img/Breed%20Classification.pdf Breed Classification]. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Accessed August 2014.</ref>

<ref name=ee>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616062803/http://www.entente-ee.com/deutsch/sparten/gefluegel/dateien/2013/Verzeichnis%20R%20F%2028042013.xls Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013)]. Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.</ref>

<ref name=rbst>[http://www.rbst.org.uk/Rare-and-Native-Breeds/Poultry/Chickens/Old-English-Game Old English Game]. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Accessed November 2016.</ref>

<ref name=roberts>Victoria Roberts (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nAfyUHY42u0C ''British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain'']. Oxford: Blackwell. {{ISBN|9781405156424}}.</ref>

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