Standard
Varieties of Chickens:
Black-Breasted Red Game
The history of the Black-breasted Red Game dates
from the most remote times. They always breed
uniformly and invariably alike in color, this
uniformity being also observed in the Bantams of
this name. The color of the Red Game cock is a
bright orange, the head, hackle, and saddle being
light red; the breast, body, and stern are black;
the shoulders, with the exception of the shoulder
coverts, are red; wing bow, red; coverts, black;
tail feathers, sickles, and tail coverts, lustrous
black; thighs, black; shanks and feet, yellow. The
hen is brown; head and hackles, light golden; hackle
feathers striped with black down the center; the
feathers of the body penciled with black; tail,
black or dark brown, the upper feathers penciled
with light brown.
The head of the cock is long, and the neck slim and
snaky; breast, broad; great breadth across the
shoulders; back, straight and sloping to the tail;
body, hard and compact; wings, short; tail, small
and closely folded, with few sickles and fine narrow
hangers; thigh, long and well-developed; shank,
long, stout, and smooth; toes, long and
straight. The hen is about the same shape as the
cock, and the carriage of both is bold and
upright. The Black-breasted Red Game is an excellent
table fowl, and a moderate layer of medium-sized
eggs of rich flavor. The chicks require much care,
as their constitutions are weakened from too close
breeding for ornamental purposes.
FOR
FURTHER READING...
The first image below comes from the Oklahoma State
University Department of Animal Science's Poultry
Breeds pages. The remaining images are
from the FeatherSite, "an on-line zoological garden of domestic poultry". The Modern Game
page at Oklahoma and the Modern Games page at FeatherSite contain further information about this breed's
history and more images of these fowl. Clicking on
each image takes you to the page specifically about
that particular variety.
Image Credits
(from left to right):
Copyright © 1996, Oklahoma State University
Board of Regents;
Courtesy of Shahbazin;
Courtesy of Barry Koffler;
Courtesy of Donna Schopac
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