The breeds of poultry in the British Poultry Standards of the Poultry Club of Great Britain include chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.
Chickens
Breed | Classification | Notes | Image |
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Ancona | soft feather: light | ||
Andalusian | rare soft feather: light | ||
Appenzeller Spitzhauben | rare soft feather: light | treated as variants of a single breed | |
Appenzeller Barthuhn | rare soft feather: light | ||
Araucana | soft feather: light | ||
Asil | Asian hard feather | ||
Augsburger | rare soft feather: light | ||
Australorp | soft feather: heavy | ||
Barnevelder | soft feather: heavy | ||
Belgian bantam | true bantam | ||
Belgian Game | rare hard feather | ||
Bergischer Kräher | rare long crowers | ||
Booted Bantam | rare true bantam | ||
Brabanter | rare soft feather: light | ||
Brahma | soft feather: heavy | ||
Brakel | rare soft feather: light | ||
Buckeye | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Campine | rare soft feather: light | ||
Carlisle Old English Game | hard feather | ||
Cochin | soft feather: heavy | ||
Cream Legbar | rare soft feather: light | ||
Crèvecoeur | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Croad Langshan | soft feather: heavy | ||
Danderawi | rare soft feather: light | ||
Denizli | rare long crowers | ||
Derbyshire Redcap | soft feather: light | ||
Dominique | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Dorking | soft feather: heavy | ||
Dutch Bantam | true bantam | ||
Faverolles | soft feather: heavy | ||
Fayoumi | rare soft feather: light | ||
Friesian | rare soft feather: light | ||
Frizzle | soft feather: heavy | ||
German Langshan | soft feather: heavy | ||
Hamburgh | soft feather: light | ||
Houdan | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Indian Game | hard feather | ||
Italiener | rare soft feather: light | ||
Ixworth | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Japanese Bantam | true bantam | ||
Jersey Giant | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Jurlower | rare long crowers | ||
Ko Shamo | Asian hard feather | ||
Koeyoshi | rare long crowers | ||
Kraienköppe | rare soft feather: light | ||
Kulang | Asian hard feather | ||
Kurokashiwa | rare long crowers | ||
La Bresse | rare soft feather: light | ||
La Flèche | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Lakenvelder | rare soft feather: light | ||
Legbar | rare soft feather: light | ||
Leghorn | soft feather: light | ||
Malay | Asian hard feather | ||
Malines | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Marans | soft feather: heavy | ||
Marsh Daisy | rare soft feather: light | ||
Minorca | soft feather: light | ||
Modern Game | hard feather | ||
Modern Langshan | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Nankin | rare true bantam | ||
Nankin Shamo | Asian hard feather | ||
Neiderrheiner | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Netherlands Owlbeard | rare soft feather: light | ||
New Hampshire Red | soft feather: heavy | ||
Norfolk Grey | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
North Holland Blue | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Ohiki | rare true bantam | ||
Old English Game Bantam | hard feather | ||
Old English Pheasant Fowl | rare soft feather: light | ||
Orloff | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Orpington | soft feather: heavy | ||
Oxford Old English Game | hard feather | ||
Pekin | true bantam | ||
Penedesenca | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Plymouth Rock | soft feather: heavy | ||
Poland | soft feather: light | ||
Rhode Island Red | soft feather: heavy | ||
Rhodebar | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Rosecomb | true bantam | ||
Rumpless Araucana | soft feather: light | ||
Rumpless Game | rare hard feather | ||
Satsumadori | Asian hard feather | ||
Scots Dumpy | soft feather: light | ||
Scots Grey | soft feather: light | ||
Sebright | true bantam | ||
Serama | true bantam | ||
Shamo | Asian hard feather | ||
Sicilian Buttercup | rare soft feather: light | ||
Silkie | soft feather: light | ||
Spanish | rare soft feather: light | ||
Sulmtaler | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Sultan | rare soft feather: light | ||
Sumatra | rare soft feather: light | ||
Sussex | soft feather: heavy | ||
Taiwan | Asian hard feather | ||
Thai Game | Asian hard feather | ||
Thüringian | rare soft feather: light | ||
Tomaru | rare long crowers | ||
Tôtenko | rare long crowers | ||
Transylvanian Naked Neck | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Tuzo | Asian hard feather | ||
Vorwerk | rare soft feather: light | ||
Welbar | rare soft feather: light | ||
Welsummer | soft feather: light | ||
Wyandotte | soft feather: heavy | ||
Wybar | rare soft feather: heavy | ||
Yakaido | Asian hard feather | ||
Yamato-Gunkei | Asian hard feather | ||
Yokohama | rare soft feather: light |
Ducks
Breed | Classification | Notes | Image |
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Abacot Ranger | light | ||
Aylesbury Duck | heavy | ||
Bali Duck | light | ||
Black East Indian Duck | bantam and call ducks | ||
Blue Swedish | heavy | ||
Buff Orpington Duck | light | ||
Call Duck | bantam and call ducks | ||
Campbell Duck | light | ||
Cayuga Duck | heavy | ||
Crested Duck | light | ||
Hook Bill Duck | light | ||
Indian Runner | light | ||
Magpie Duck | light | ||
Muscovy Duck | heavy | ||
German Pekin Duck | heavy | ||
Rouen Clair | heavy | ||
Rouen Duck | heavy | ||
Saxony Duck | heavy | ||
Silver Appleyard duck | heavy | ||
Silver Appleyard Miniature Duck | bantam and call ducks | ||
Silver Bantam | bantam and call ducks | ||
Welsh Harlequin Duck | light |
Geese
Breed | Classification | Notes | Image |
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African Goose | heavy | ||
American Buff Goose | heavy | ||
Brecon Buff Goose | medium | ||
Buff Back Goose | medium | ||
Chinese Goose | light | ||
Czech Goose | light | ||
Embden Goose | heavy | ||
Grey Back Goose | medium | ||
Pilgrim Goose | light | ||
Pomeranian Goose | medium | ||
Roman Goose | light | ||
Sebastopol Goose | light | ||
Shetland Goose | light | ||
Skåne Goose | heavy | ||
Steinbacher | light | ||
Toulouse Goose | heavy | ||
West of England Goose | heavy |
Turkeys
Breed | Classification | Notes | Image |
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Blue or Lavender Turkey | light | ||
Bourbon Red Turkey | heavy | ||
Bronze Turkey | heavy | ||
Buff Turkey | light | ||
Narragansett Turkey | heavy | ||
Nebraskan Spotted Turkey | heavy | ||
Norfolk Black Turkey | light | ||
Pied or Cröllwitzer Turkey | light | ||
Slate Turkey | light | ||
White Turkey | light |
References
- Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- Victoria Roberts (2008). British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 9781405156424. p. iii–vi.