British Poultry Standards

About the Editors J. Ian H. Allonby is a long-standing member of the Poultry Club of Great Britain Board of Trustees and has chaired the Breed Standards Sub Committee for many years. Dr Philippe B. Wilson is a Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Cheminformatics at De Montfort University, Leicester, and a member of the Poultry Club of Great Britain Board of Trustees, chairing their Poultry and Eggs Committee. He is Vice-Chairman of the Rare Poultry Society, and an active committee member of numerous breed clubs and organisations.

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