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371:. Kenilworth, Warwickshire: Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 16 March 2024.
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Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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251:William Bernhardt Tegetmeier
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298:Standard-sized cocks weigh
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851:Chillingham Wild Cattle
520:. London: Poultry Club.
359:. Accessed August 2014.
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965:Brecknock Hill Cheviot
576:Joseph Batty (1999 ).
488:Carol Ekarius (2007).
306:, while bantams weigh
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260:Standard of Perfection
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1100:North Country Cheviot
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950:Bluefaced Leicester
835:Whitebred Shorthorn
381:Modern Game Chicken
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39:Conservation status
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1315:British Saddleback
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50:
47:
44:
43:
41:
37:
30:
25:
19:
1713:
1579:Norfolk Grey
1563:
1456:Anglo-Nubian
1340:Middle White
1095:Norfolk Horn
805:Irish Moiled
783:Dual purpose
746:Dairy cattle
577:
556:
538:
516:
490:
484:
467:
446:
434:
401:
376:
364:
347:
337:
321:
297:
277:clothes iron
274:
258:
242:
240:
220:Cockfighting
218:
184:
182:
170:
155:hard feather
18:
1690:Brecon Buff
1604:Scots Dumpy
1564:Modern Game
1554:Indian Game
1413:Small White
1408:Small Black
1335:Large White
1330:Large Black
1310:British Lop
1259:South Devon
1170:Wensleydale
1105:Oxford Down
1055:Hill Radnor
1030:Exmoor Horn
1020:Dorset Horn
1015:Dorset Down
985:Clun Forest
889:Blue Albion
856:Tory Island
736:Welsh Black
726:South Devon
711:Lincoln Red
653:Beef cattle
561:Modern Game
345:, annex to
185:Modern Game
22:Modern Game
1721:Categories
1609:Scots Grey
1378:Cumberland
1140:Shropshire
1120:Rough Fell
1060:Kerry Hill
866:White Park
330:References
236:exhibition
224:cross-bred
201:exhibition
1647:Orpington
1642:Aylesbury
1594:Orpington
1300:Berkshire
1211:Hebridean
1194:Primitive
1160:Teeswater
1155:Swaledale
1145:Southdown
1075:Llanwenog
995:Dalesbred
975:Cambridge
844:Primitive
810:Glamorgan
800:Droimeann
721:Shorthorn
676:Blue Grey
624:Livestock
302:and hens
267:in 1874.
253:; a Game
1695:Shetland
1662:Shetland
1614:Sebright
1599:Rosecomb
1526:Chickens
1466:Bilberry
1350:Tamworth
1135:Shetland
1110:Portland
1050:Herdwick
1025:Easycare
990:Cotswold
884:Alderney
830:Shetland
825:Red Poll
820:Pembroke
764:Guernsey
754:Ayrshire
706:Highland
701:Hereford
696:Galloway
197:gamecock
105:Female:
1549:Ixworth
1544:Dorking
1514:Poultry
1370:Extinct
1241:Extinct
1201:Boreray
1150:Suffolk
1125:Ryeland
1070:Lincoln
980:Cheviot
876:Extinct
540:Britain
403:Britain
324:showing
293:wattles
281:colours
263:of the
207:History
193:chicken
165:Chicken
1657:Magpie
1619:Sussex
1559:Legbar
1293:Extant
1115:Romney
1090:Masham
1035:Galway
923:Extant
861:Vaynol
790:Albion
769:Jersey
731:Sussex
686:Dexter
641:Cattle
584:
547:
498:
475:
410:
355:
255:bantam
203:bird.
89:Male:
83:Weight
78:Traits
1682:Geese
1629:Ducks
1491:Pygmy
1486:Irish
1461:Bagot
1441:Goats
1388:Grice
1355:Welsh
1320:Essex
1216:Jacob
1080:Lleyn
912:Sheep
774:Kerry
716:Luing
681:Devon
232:Malay
189:breed
1282:Pigs
1231:Soay
1085:Lonk
582:ISBN
545:ISBN
496:ISBN
473:ISBN
408:ISBN
353:ISBN
310:and
291:and
289:comb
230:and
183:The
151:PCGB
52:RBST
318:Use
249:by
145:yes
131:APA
46:FAO
1723::
525:^
507:^
458:^
419:^
388:^
238:.
141:EE
616:e
609:t
602:v
588:.
551:.
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