British Poultry Standards

Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 Standard feather markings 4 Chief points of the fowl 13 Complete classification of pure breed poultry 21 Defects and deformities 25 Large fowl and bantams 31 Ancona 31 Andalusian 34 Appenzeller 36 Araucana 41 Rumpless Araucana 45 Asil 48 Australorp 50 Autosexing breeds 53 Brockbar 54 Brussbar 55 Cambar 57 Dorbar 59 Legbar 60 Rhodebar 63 Welbar 65 Wybar 68 Ayam Cemani 71 Barnevelder 72 Belgian Bearded bantams 75 Barbu d’Anvers 75 Barbu d’Uccle 77 Barbu de Watermael 78 Barbu d’Everberg (Rumpless d’Uccle) 80 Barbu du Grubbe (Rumpless d’Anvers) 81 Barbu de Boitsfort (Rumpless de Watermael) 81 Booted bantam 87 Rumpless Booted Bantam 92 Brabanter 93 Brahma 95 Brakel 100 Breda 102 Bresse-Gauloise 104 Burmese 106 Campine 108 Cochin 111 Crèvecoeur 114 Croad Langshan 115 Dandarawi 118 Derbyshire Redcap 120 Dominique 121 Dorking 124 Dutch bantam 128 British Faverolles 133 Fayoumi 137 Friesian 139 Frizzle 143 German Langshan 145 Groninger 149 Hamburgh 152 Houdan 155 Indian Game 158 Ixworth 162 Japanese bantam 164 Jersey Giant 169 Ko Shamo 171 Kraienköppe 173 Kulang 177 La Flèche 179 Lakenvelder 181 Leghorn 183 Lincolnshire Buff 188 Malay 191 Marans 194 Marsh Daisy 198 Minorca 201 Modern Game 204 Modern Langshan 209 Nankin bantam 212 Nankin Shamo 214 New Hampshire Red 215 Norfolk Grey 218 North Holland Blue 220 Ohiki 222 Carlisle Old English Game 223 Oxford Old English Game 230 Old English Game bantam 236 Old English Pheasant Fowl 242 Orloff 244 Orpington 247 Pekin bantam 251 Plymouth Rock 255 Poland 261 Rhode Island Red 265 Rosecomb bantam 269 Rumpless Game 272 Satsumadori 274 Scots Dumpy 277 Scots Grey 280 Sebright 282 Serama 285 Shamo 288 Sicilian Buttercup 290 Silkie 293 Spanish 296 Suffolk Chequer 298 Sulmtaler 300 Sultan 303 Sumatra 305 Sussex 307 Taiwan 311 Thai Game 312 Thüringian 313 Transylvanian Naked Neck 317 Tuzo 318 Vorwerk 320 Welsummer 323 Wyandotte 327 Yakido 336 Yamato Gunkei 337 Yokohama 339 Long-tailed breeds standardised in Japan 343 Turkeys 345 General Standard: Heavy Breeds 345 General Standard: Light Breeds 345 Judging – Scale of Points for All Colours 346 Serious Defects 346 Disqualifications 346 Turkey Eggs 346 Blue 347 Bourbon Red 348 Bronze 349 Buff 352 Crimson Dawn/Black-Winged Bronze 353 Crollwitzer (Pied) 353 Harvey Speckled 354 Narragansett 355 Nebraskan 357 Norfolk Black 358 Slate 359 White 361 Other Varieties 361 Waterfowl 363 Geese 363 African 364 American Buff 366 Brecon Buff 368 Buff Back (Saddleback) 369 Chinese 371 Czech 373 Embden 375 Franconian 376 Grey Back 378 Pilgrim 379 Pomeranian 381 Roman 383 Sebastopol 384 Shetland 386 Skå´ne 388 Steinbacher 390 Toulouse 392 West of England 394 Ducks 397 Abacot Ranger 398 Aylesbury 401 Bali 403 Black East Indian 405 Blue Swedish 407 Call 409 Campbell 435 Cayuga 439 Crested 441 Crested Miniature 443 Hook Bill 444 Indian Runner 447 Magpie 461 Muscovy 463 Orpington 467 Pekin 469 Rouen 472 Rouen Clair 475 Saxony 477 Silver Appleyard 480 Silver Appleyard Miniature 483 Silver Bantam 484 Welsh Harlequin 486 Other breeds 489 Standard for utility 491 Standard for eggs 493 Glossary 499