Standard
Varieties of Chickens:
Birchen Games
Birchen Games are in color silvery white and black;
head, hackle, back, and saddle of cock are silver
white, with a narrow black stripe in center of each
hackle and saddle feather; breast black, and things,
black; shanks and feet, dark willow or black; comb,
wattles, and earlobes, dark purple or black. The hen
is black; except the hackle, which is silvery white,
with a dark stripe down the center of each
feather.
FOR
FURTHER READING...
Visit the Oklahoma State
University Department of Animal Science's Poultry
Breeds pages. The Modern Game
page contains further information about this breed's
history. The image below comes from the FeatherSite, "an on-line zoological garden of domestic poultry". The Modern Game page at FeatherSite contains further information about this breed's
history and more images of these fowl. Clicking on
each image takes you to the page specifically about
that particular variety.
Image Credits
(from left to right):
Courtesy of Barry Koffler;
Courtesy of Barry Koffler
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