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List of breeds in the British Poultry Standards

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The breeds of poultry in the British Poultry Standards of the Poultry Club of Great Britain include chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.[1][2]

Chickens

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Breed Classification Notes Image
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

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Breed Classification Notes Image
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

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Breed Classification Notes Image
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

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Breed Classification Notes Image
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

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  1. ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ 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.