RUMPLESS GAME
LARGE FOWL
Origin: Great Britain Classification: Hard feather: Rare Egg colour: Tinted |
Bantam Rumpless Game Male
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As is common with any other rumpless breeds, the parson’s nose or ‘Caudal Appendage’ (uropygium) is missing. Foreign breeds like the Barbu d’Anvers has a rumpless version called Barbu du Grubbe. The Barbu d’Uccle has the Barbu d’Everberg as its rumpless version and even in Japan, there is a Rumpless Yokohama, funny though it may sound, with its long saddle hackle making it feasible. A genetic accident with Old English Game many years ago probably created our own Rumpless Game. The breed, though popular in the bantam form is not often seen in large fowl.
General characteristics: male
Carriage: Bold and upright.
Type: Body short and small. Back steeply sloping. Breast full and prominent. Wings large and long. Tail completely absent, the whole of the lower back being covered with the saddle feather.
Head: Small and tapering. Beak rather large. Eyes large and bold. Comb single, small and thin, upright. Earlobes and wattles fine, small and thin.
Neck: Long and upright. Hackle close and wiry.
Legs and Feet: Legs strong and of medium length. Thighs short, round and muscular. Toes, four, long, straight and tapering.
Plumage: Hard and close.
Female
The general characteristics are similar to those of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.
BANTAM
Rumpless Old English Game bantams should follow exactly the large fowl standard.
General characteristics: male
Carriage: Bold and upright.
Type: Body short and small. Back steeply sloping. Breast full and prominent. Wings large and long. Tail completely absent, the whole of the lower back being covered with the saddle feather.
Head: Small and tapering. Beak rather large. Eyes large and bold. Comb single, small and thin, upright. Earlobes and wattles fine, small and thin.
Neck: Long and upright. Hackle close and wiry.
Legs and Feet: Legs strong and of medium length. Thighs short, round and muscular. Toes, four, long, straight and tapering.
Plumage: Hard and close.
Female
The general characteristics are similar to those of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.
BANTAM
Rumpless Old English Game bantams should follow exactly the large fowl standard.
Please contact the breed registrar for more information - RumplessGame@rarepoultrysociety.org.uk
