Old English Game

Old English Game

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

The Old English Game is a British breed of domestic chicken. It was probably originally bred for cockfighting. Two different standards are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: Carlisle Old English Game and Oxford Old English Game. There is also an Old English Game bantam.

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

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.