![]() ![]() ![]() : 106 The American Game Bantam was listed in the yearbook of the American Bantam Association from 1950, and was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 2009. He cross-bred the wild Red Jungle Fowl with fighting bantams of the type known at the time as "pit game". It was created in New Jersey in the 1940s by a breeder named Frank Gary. The bantam version of the breed does not derive from the original large fowl. Some stock has been exported to the United Kingdom in 2002 there were fewer than a hundred birds there. In 2020 its conservation status was listed by the Livestock Conservancy as "study" in 2021 it was no longer listed. ![]() The American Game is not among the fifty-three chicken breeds reported by the National Animal Germplasm Program of the USDA Agricultural Research Service to the DAD-IS database of the FAO, nor is it recognized by the Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture or by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. ![]() The full-size ("large fowl") American Game is not recognized by the American Poultry Association, which in 2009 recognized the American Game Bantam in ten colors. The American Game was bred for cockfighting. It has many color varieties, and may also be kept for ornament. The American Game is an American breed of game fowl, chickens bred specifically for cockfighting. ![]()
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