Indian Game (poultry)

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This article is about the breed of chicken. For the chess opening, see Indian Defence. For games of India, see Category:Indian games.
Indian Game
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Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    • standard: 3.6 kg[2]: 139 
    • bantam: 2.0 kg[2]: 139 
  • Female:
    • standard: 2.7 kg[2]: 139 
    • bantam: 1.5 kg[2]: 139 
Egg colourlight brown[3]: 80 
Classification
APAEnglish[4]: 13 
EEyes[5]
PCGBheavy: hard feather[6]
  • Gallus gallus domesticus

    • The Indian Game is a British

    show. It originated in the early nineteenth century in the counties of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England.[7][8] It is a heavy, muscular bird with an unusually broad breast; the eggs are brown.[9]
    : 158 

    In the United States the name was changed in the early twentieth century to Cornish. A white variant, the White Cornish, was developed there at about the same time, and is much used in modern industrial chicken meat production in many parts of the world, either for

    game hens".[10]

    History

    The breed was developed by

    gamecock, but had no aptitude for cockfighting.[10]

    It is recognised as "Indian Game" in Australia,

    Entente Européenne in Europe.[5] In the United States the name was changed in 1905 to "Cornish Indian Game", and then in 1910 to "Cornish".[10] It was accepted by the American Poultry Association in 1893.[10]

    Characteristics

    The Indian Game is a large and stocky bird, short in the legs and unusually broad and deep in the breast. Some cock birds may be so short-legged and broad-breasted that they are incapable of reproducing.[3]: 80 [7]

    Three

    Standard of Perfection in 1893; the white, added in 1898; the white-laced red, added in 1909; and the buff, added in 1938.[4][10][13]
    : 100 

    It is resistant to most common

    parasites.[7] The feathers are thin and hard, without down; this may render the birds susceptible to cold, which may delay breeding in early Spring.[7]

    Use

    The Indian Game was bred as a gamecock, but was not successful as a fighting bird.

    Sussex.[9]: 158 [3]: 80  It is a poor layer: the eggs are small and light brown; hens may lay about 80 per year.[3]
    : 80 

    References

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    4. ^ a b APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
    5. ^ a b c Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
    6. ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
    7. ^ a b c d e Indian Game. Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 31 October 2020.
    8. ^ Chickens. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 9 November 2018.
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    10. ^ a b c d e f Cornish Chicken. The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 30 October 2020.
    11. ^ Australian Poultry Standards (2nd ed.). Poultry Stud Breeders and Exhibitors Victoria.
    12. ^ Indian Game. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Accessed August 2021.
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