Chebanse, IL
Photo: Benny Mazur from Toledo, OH / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
- Purpose
- ornamental
- Egg color
- tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~80
- Hen weight
- ~4.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- No
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- tame, showy, enjoys handling
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- All Other Standard Breeds
- NPIP stock code
- R1043
- Origin
- England
Breed guide
Modern Game
Also known as: Modern Game Bantam
Exhibition breed created after cockfighting was banned in Britain in 1849, bred for extreme height and tight feathering, with a whip tail. All legs and neck, carried on a station-y upright stance. People keep it for show.
Keeper's notes
Sparse, hard feathering gives little insulation, so they need snug housing in cold, wet weather. Exhibition birds are commonly dubbed. Handle them regularly and they get tame.
From the 1910 Standard of Perfection
Class: Games and Game Bantams (Class VIII)
“The Game has a style or carriage peculiar to itself, which is generally described by the word 'Station,' and a high-stationed bird is most desirable.”
Disqualifications: Cocks not dubbed; artificial coloring, trimming or plucking of foul feathers. Games are not to be disqualified for side sprigs.
APA recognized varieties
All Other Std Breeds · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Birchen 1874Black 1874Black Breasted Red 1874Brown Red 1874Golden Duckwing 1874Red Pyle 1874Silver Duckwing 1874White 1874Wheaten 1981
Modern Game listings
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Where to find Modern Game
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (26)
Elkhart, IL
Breckemeyer, IL
Shelbyville, IL
Milledgeville, IL
Moweaqua, IL
Laurel, IN
Larwill, IN
Peebles, OH
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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