{{short description|British breed of chicken}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{infobox poultry breed | name = Rumpless Game | image = | image_size = | alt = | image_caption = | status = | altname = {{unbulleted list|Manx Rumpy|Persian Rumpless}} | country = United Kingdom | distribution = | standard = | use = | nickname = | apa = | aba = | ee = | pcgb = rare hard feather{{r|pcgb}} | maleweight = Standard: 2.3–2.7 kg<br>Bantam: 620–740 g | femaleweight =Standard: 1.8–2.3 kg<br>Bantam: 510–620 g | skincolor = | eggcolor =tinted<ref name=roberts>Victoria Roberts (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nAfyUHY42u0C ''British poultry standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain'']. Oxford: Blackwell. {{ISBN|9781405156424}}. {{nobreak|p.258–60.}}</ref> | comb =single | note = | type = Chicken | latin = Gallus gallus domesticus }}
The '''Rumpless Game''' is a British breed of tail-less chicken.{{r|ee}} It may have originated on the Isle of Man,{{r|baas}} and may thus be known as the '''Manx Rumpy'''.{{r|ekarius|page=130}} There are both standard-sized and bantam Rumpless Game.<ref name=roberts/>
== History ==
=== Manx Rumpy ===
The British breed has never been imported to the United States.{{r|tlc}} In 1958 some tail-less birds, supposedly of Iranian origin, were crossed with other breeds to produce an approximation of the British type, and the name "Manx Rumpy" applied to them,{{r|tlc}} perhaps by analogy with the tail-less Manx cat.{{r|ekarius|page=130}} The Livestock Conservancy recommends that they be called "Persian Rumpless".<ref name=tlc/> They are not recognised by the American Poultry Association.{{r|graham}} They are good layers of brown eggs, and may also occasionally lay white, blue, or green eggs.{{r|ekarius|page=130}}
== Characteristics ==
The Rumpless Game, like all other tail-less breeds such as the Araucana and the Barbu d'Everberg, lacks the uropygium from which the tail grows.<ref name=roberts/><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iO7bAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA454 |title=The Book of Poultry |page=454 |first=Lewis |last=Wright |publisher=Cassell and Company |location=London |year=1891}}</ref> It is a hard-feathered breed, with a single comb and small wattles and earlobes. All colours are acceptable under the standard of the Poultry Club of Great Britain.{{r|graham}}
Rumpless Game males weigh {{convert|2.3|–|2.7|kg|0}} and hens {{convert|1.8|–|2.3|kg|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=roberts/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=baas>British Association for the Advancement of Science (1871) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4-8vAAAAIAAJ&dq=Manx+Rumpy&pg=RA1-PA153 Report]''. 153</ref>
<ref name=ee>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616062803/http://www.entente-ee.com/deutsch/sparten/gefluegel/dateien/2013/Verzeichnis%20R%20F%2028042013.xls Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013)]. Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.</ref>
<ref name=ekarius>Carol Ekarius (2007). [https://archive.org/details/Storeys_Illustrated_Guide_to_Poultry_Breeds_Complete/mode/1up ''Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds'']. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Publishing. {{isbn|9781580176675}}.</ref>
<ref name=graham>{{cite book |title=Choosing and Keeping Chickens |last=Graham |first=Chris |year=2006 |publisher=Octopus Publishing |location=London |isbn=978-0-7938-0601-0 }}</ref>
<ref name=pcgb>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143235/http://www.poultryclub.org/img/Breed%20Classification.pdf Breed Classification]. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.</ref>
<ref name=tlc>[https://www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/manx Manx Rumyp or Persian Rumpless Chicken]. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed August 2014.</ref>
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Category:Chicken breeds Category:Animal breeds on the RBST Watchlist Category:Animal breeds originating in the Isle of Man