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Old English

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Old English

Lays tinted eggs, about 100 to 150 a year

Currently sold out at all 1 reporting hatchery that carry it.

Straight run Sold out $6.50 when listed in stock
Smallest order5birds, Cackle Hatchery
In stock at0/1reporting hatcheries

Where to buy

HatcheryListingSexStatusPer bird
Cackle Hatchery Weekly Special Standard Old English Surplus Straight run Sold out $6.50

Sexed pullets carry a 90% accuracy guarantee at these hatcheries. Prices are per bird and usually drop as you order more. Minimum order and shipping are set by each hatchery.

Track record

In stock at one or more hatcheries on 0 of the 5 days this site has read them since August 9, 2026.

Every reading
ReadingIn stockLowest price
October 25, 2026No—
August 23, 2026No—
August 16, 2026No—
August 10, 2026No—
August 9, 2026No—

From the snapshot Hatch Index takes of every catalogue each day. A bird that was not listed at all on a day is left out rather than counted as sold out.

About the Old English Game

Bred for centuries as fighting cocks, so males of any variety will fight each other and need room or separating. Hens are hardy, broody and fierce mothers. The words before "Old English" in a listing name the colour, not a different breed, and most sold are bantams.

Egg colour
Tinted
Eggs a year
About 100 to 150
Grown weight
4 lb hen, 5 lb rooster
Temperament
Active; males fight
Climate
Hardy
Goes broody
Often
Kept for
Ornamental
Origin
England
American standard
Recognised by the American Poultry Association

General traits of the breed, from the breed standards and long-running references. A hatchery's own line can differ, most of all in egg colour and numbers. Every Old English Game listing, compared.