American Game
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The American Game is an American breed of game fowl, chickens bred specifically for cockfighting. It has many color varieties, and may also be kept for ornament.[1]Template:R/superscript
History
The American Game was bred for cockfighting. The full-size ("large fowl") American Game is not recognized by the American Poultry Association, which in 2009 recognized the American Game Bantam in ten colors. The American Game is not among the fifty-three chicken breeds reported by the National Animal Germplasm Program of the USDA Agricultural Research Service to the DAD-IS database of the FAO,[2]Template:R/superscript nor is it recognized by the Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture[3]Template:R/superscript or by the Poultry Club of Great Britain.[4]Template:R/superscript In 2020 its conservation status was listed by the Livestock Conservancy as "study";[5]Template:R/superscript in 2021 it was no longer listed.[6]Template:R/superscript
Some stock has been exported to the United Kingdom; in 2002 there were fewer than a hundred birds there.[7]Template:R/superscript
American Game Bantam
The bantam version of the breed does not derive from the original large fowl. It was created in New Jersey in the 1940s by a breeder named Frank Gary. He cross-bred the wild red jungle fowl with fighting bantams of the type known at the time as "pit game".[8]Template:R/superscript The American Game Bantam was listed in the yearbook of the American Bantam Association from 1950,[9]Template:R/superscript and was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 2009.[10]Template:R/superscript
Characteristics
The standard-sized American Game is bred in a wide range of plumage colors; cock birds have long sickle feathers.[1]Template:R/superscript
The bantam has a small five-pointed single comb and small smooth wattles and earlobes.[8]Template:R/superscript Ten color varieties are recognized by the APA: birchen; black; black-breasted red; blue; blue red; brown red; golden duckwing; red pyle; silver duckwing; and white.[10]Template:R/superscript Two others, "brassy back" and wheaten, are also raised.[8]Template:R/superscript
Use
The American Game was bred for cockfighting. It is a good table bird, and may be kept for ornament. Hens lay brown eggs of medium to large size.[1]Template:R/superscript As with other fighting breeds, for exhibition the comb, earlobes and wattles are cut off ("dubbed").[8]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ↑ a b c Large Fowl American Game The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 5 June 2019.
- ↑ Breeds reported by United States of America: Chicken. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2017.
- ↑ Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
- ↑ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ↑ Conservation Priority List: Chickens The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed 11 April 2020.
- ↑ Conservation Priority List: Chickens The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed 11 July 2021.
- ↑ American Game/United Kingdom. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Carol Ekarius (2007). Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ Mark Rosen ([s.d.]). What's The Difference???. American Bantam Association. Accessed June 2017.
- ↑ a b APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
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