• A fully updated and expanded new edition of the official reference to all the recognised Poultry Standards in Great Britain

    The seventh edition of British Poultry Standards contains complete specifications together with judging points for all standardised breeds and varieties of poultry, as compiled by the specialist Breed Clubs and published under the guidance of the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Intended as a manual to aid in the instruction and identification of breeds for the novice through to the veterinarian, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and edited, with numerous changes to breed pictures and profiles, providing a well-defined update for contemporary breeding, judging and exhibiting.

    Under the guardianship of the Poultry Club of Great Britain, this book details the authorised standards of excellence for each breed, covering categories such as feather markings, breed classification, and defects and deformities.

    • The must-have reference for keepers, breeders, judges and exhibitors of pure bred poultry
    • Features over 500 colour photographs, including 150 new images
    • Includes 10 new breeds as well as all standardised breeds, and features photographs of many different varieties
    • Provides complete specifications and judging points of all standardised breeds and varieties of poultry
    • Recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain

    British Poultry Standards, 7th Edition is an essential resource for all poultry judges, breeders, exhibitors and keepers, as well as agricultural and veterinary college libraries and conservationists.

  • 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

  • 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.

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