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 vii 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 40 Rumpless Araucana 45 Asil 47 Australorp 50 Autosexing breeds 53 Brockbar Brussbar Cambar Dorbar Legbar 53 Rhodebar 56 Welbar 58 Wybar 60 Ayam Cemani Barnevelder 61 Belgian Bearded bantams 65 Barbu d Anvers 65 Barbu d Uccle 67 Barbu de Watermael 70 Barbu d Everberg (Rumpless d Uccle) 75 Barbu du Grubbe (Rumpless d Anvers) Barbu de Boitsfort (Rumpless de Watermael) 75 Booted bantam 75 Rumpless Booted bantam Brabanter Brahma 78 Brakel 84 Breda Bresse-Gauloise Burmese Campine 86 Cochin  89 Crèvecoeur Croad Langshan 93 Dandarawi Derbyshire Redcap Dominique 96 Dorking 99 Dutch bantam 104 British Faverolles 110 Fayoumi 115 Friesian 118 Frizzle 121 German Langshan 124 Groninger Hamburgh 127 Houdan 131 Indian Game 134 Ixworth 140 Japanese bantam 142 Jersey Giant 148 Ko Shamo 150 Kraienköppe 152 Kulang 155 La Flèche 157 Lakenvelder 159 Leghorn 161 Lincolnshire Buff 166 Malay 169 Marans 172 Marsh Daisy 175 Minorca 177 Modern Game 180 Modern Langshan 186 Nankin bantam 188 Nankin Shamo 191 New Hampshire Red 192 Norfolk Grey 195 North Holland Blue Ohiki 197 Carlisle Old English Game 199 Oxford Old English Game 207 Old English Game bantam 215 Old English Pheasant Fowl 223 Orloff 225 Orpington 228 Pekin bantam 232 Plymouth Rock 237 Poland Rhode Island Red 251 Rosecomb bantam 255 Rumpless Game 258 Satsumadori 260 Scots Dumpy 262 Scots Grey 265 Sebright Bantam 267 Serama Shamo 270 Sicilian Buttercup 272 Silkie 275 Spanish 279 Suffolk Chequer Sulmtaler 281 Sultan 284 Sumatra 286 Sussex 289 Taiwan 294 Thai Game 296 Thüringian 297 Transylvanian Naked Neck 300 Tuzo 302 Vorwerk 304 Welsummer 307 Wyandotte 311 Yakido 320 Yamato Gunkei 322 Yokohama 324 Long-tailed breeds standardised in Japan 329  330 Turkeys 335 General Standard: Heavy Breeds 335 General Standard: Light Breeds 336 Judging Scale of Points for All Colours Turkey Eggs 336 Bourbon Red 337 Bronze 339 Crimson Dawn/ Black-Winged Bronze 341 Narragansett 342 Blue Buff Nebraskan 344 Norfolk Black 345 Crollwitzer (Pied) 346 Slate 348 Harvey Speckled White Other Varieties 349 Waterfowl introduction 351 Geese 353 African 353 American Buff 355 Brecon Buff 357 Buff Back (Saddleback) 359 Chinese 360 Czech 362 Embden 363 Franconian Grey Back 365 Pilgrim 366 Pomeranian 368 Roman 370 Sebastopol 371 Shetland 374 Skåne 375 Steinbacher 376 Toulouse 378 West of England 380 Ducks 383 Abacot Ranger 383 Aylesbury 386 Bali 387 Black East Indian 389 Blue Swedish 391 Call 393 Campbell 406 Cayuga 411 Crested 413 Crested Miniature 415 Hook Bill 416 Indian Runner 419 Magpie 428 Muscovy 430 Orpington 434 Pekin 436 Rouen 439 Rouen Clair 442 Saxony 445 Silver Appleyard 447 Silver Appleyard Miniature 450 Silver Bantam 452 Welsh Harlequin 454 Other breeds 457 Standard for utility 459 Standard for eggs 461 Glossary 467