Name: Catherine Cook

Old English Game Fowl

Silver Duckwing

WILD BACK YARDS

CREEKS

TOWN HOUSE BLOCKS

ANY WHERE SOMEONE WILL FEED THEM

FOXESDOMESTIC AND WILD CATS

DOMESTIC AND WILD DOGS

BIRDS OF PREY

RATS

HUMANS

QUOLLS

GOANNAS

SNAKES

CARNIVOURS

BUGS

WORMSSEEDS

GRASSHOPPERS

GRAIN

VEGETABLES

FRUIT

GRASS

HERBS

CALCIUM BASED STONES OR SHELL GRIT

Chickens have adapted from:

• Over ten thousand years ago Red Jungle Fowl lived in the wild feeding off bugs, seeds, nuts, fruits, worms and calcium based stones for digestion and shell formation………to a •Domesticated breed of its own…….Old English Game chickens are one variety bred from Red Jungle Fowl and used as a •Fighting fowl kept in small enclosures fed a man made diet and brutalised in cock fights…….domestication created varied breeds of Old English Game fowls. One such breed is the “Silver Duckwing” . •Domesticated fowls have varying sized enclosures or are free ranged, fed a supplementary grain, mash or pellets along with bugs, plants, grass and seeds.

Reference• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=LyC1USOdo5M&feature=player_embedded

• http://www.cacklehatchery.com/oldenglishgamepage.html#silver

• http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/Old-English-Game-B78.aspx

• Curriculum Corporation. (2011). The Learning Federation. Retrieved 10/ 01/2012, from Education Services Australia: http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/p/home

• Ekarius, C. (2007). Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds. North Adams: Storey Publishing