Indian Game
Gallus gallus domesticus
✨ Dato Curioso
Every chicken nugget, every roast chicken at a supermarket, every commercial broiler is primarily an Indian Game (Cornish) cross. When the Cornish × White Plymouth Rock hybrid was perfected in the 1950s, it replaced all other commercial breeds within a decade — making this single Cornish breed the genetic foundation of over 70 billion chickens produced annually worldwide.
A massively muscled British meat breed developed in Cornwall in the 1820s–1840s by crossing Asil and Old English Game with Malay, producing a compact, broad-breasted bird of extraordinary muscle density. Despite its name, Indian Game has no Indian origin — 'Indian' was Victorian-era shorthand for anything from Southeast Asia. The modern commercial broiler chicken is primarily an Indian Game cross — when crossed with the White Plymouth Rock in the 1950s, it became the template for virtually every supermarket chicken sold today. The most economically important chicken breed ever developed.
🏷️ Raza
Indian Game (Cornish)
💭 Temperamento
Calm, docile for a large breed, independent, not a good forager
📏 Tamaño
Large (2.7-4.5 kg)
⏳ Esperanza de vida
5-8 years
🎨 Colores
Dark (greenish-black with chestnut double-lacing); also white, white-laced red, jubilee
🌍 Origen
England — Cornwall; developed 1820s–1840s, attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert
🏠 Hábitat
Enclosed spacious housing; wide-set legs suit indoor keeping
🍽️ Dieta
High-protein grower and finisher pellets; slow-growing heritage birds
🎯 Propósito
Meat
🥚 Color del huevo
Brown
👑 Tipo de cresta
Pea
🏅 Clase EE
Large Fowl