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The Indian Game is a large and stocky bird, short in the legs and unusually broad and deep in the breast. Some cock birds may be so short-legged and broad-breasted that they are incapable of
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It is recognised as "Indian Game" in
Australia, by the
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1635:Norfolk Grey
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1512:Anglo-Nubian
1396:Middle White
1151:Norfolk Horn
861:Irish Moiled
839:Dual purpose
802:Dairy cattle
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228:game chicken
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85:cockfighting
69:Distribution
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1746:Brecon Buff
1660:Scots Dumpy
1620:Modern Game
1610:Indian Game
1469:Small White
1464:Small Black
1391:Large White
1386:Large Black
1366:British Lop
1315:South Devon
1226:Wensleydale
1161:Oxford Down
1111:Hill Radnor
1086:Exmoor Horn
1076:Dorset Horn
1071:Dorset Down
1041:Clun Forest
945:Blue Albion
912:Tory Island
792:Welsh Black
782:South Devon
767:Lincoln Red
709:Beef cattle
615:Indian Game
527:Indian Game
395:, annex to
322:reproducing
220:Indian Game
155:light brown
33:Indian Game
1774:Categories
1665:Scots Grey
1434:Cumberland
1196:Shropshire
1176:Rough Fell
1116:Kerry Hill
922:White Park
380:References
152:Egg colour
72:world-wide
1703:Orpington
1698:Aylesbury
1650:Orpington
1356:Berkshire
1267:Hebridean
1250:Primitive
1216:Teeswater
1211:Swaledale
1201:Southdown
1131:Llanwenog
1051:Dalesbred
1031:Cambridge
900:Primitive
866:Glamorgan
856:Droimeann
777:Shorthorn
732:Blue Grey
680:Livestock
370:Orpington
350:parasites
312:in 1893.
271:game hens
83:formerly
1751:Shetland
1718:Shetland
1670:Sebright
1655:Rosecomb
1582:Chickens
1522:Bilberry
1406:Tamworth
1191:Shetland
1166:Portland
1106:Herdwick
1081:Easycare
1046:Cotswold
940:Alderney
886:Shetland
881:Red Poll
876:Pembroke
820:Guernsey
810:Ayrshire
762:Highland
757:Hereford
752:Galloway
629:(2019).
539:Chickens
295:gamecock
291:Cornwall
267:broilers
244:Cornwall
240:counties
131:Female:
1605:Ixworth
1600:Dorking
1570:Poultry
1426:Extinct
1297:Extinct
1257:Boreray
1206:Suffolk
1181:Ryeland
1126:Lincoln
1036:Cheviot
932:Extinct
557:Britain
429:Britain
366:Dorking
277:History
255:Cornish
200:Chicken
170:English
1713:Magpie
1675:Sussex
1615:Legbar
1349:Extant
1171:Romney
1146:Masham
1091:Galway
979:Extant
917:Vaynol
846:Albion
825:Jersey
787:Sussex
742:Dexter
697:Cattle
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374:Sussex
327:Three
287:Bodmin
115:Male:
109:Weight
104:Traits
1738:Geese
1685:Ducks
1547:Pygmy
1542:Irish
1517:Bagot
1497:Goats
1444:Grice
1411:Welsh
1376:Essex
1272:Jacob
1136:Lleyn
968:Sheep
830:Kerry
772:Luing
737:Devon
285:, of
248:Devon
224:breed
1338:Pigs
1287:Soay
1141:Lonk
637:ISBN
562:ISBN
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403:ISBN
372:and
246:and
236:show
232:meat
218:The
186:PCGB
95:show
90:meat
356:Use
289:in
273:".
242:of
234:or
226:of
180:yes
166:APA
77:Use
54:FAO
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