Rooster keepers ceaselessly use abbreviations and think their listeners know what they imply. Listed below are one of the crucial extra commonplace hen breed abbreviations, together with abbreviations for selection options and the ones used for display that can be puzzling whilst you see them in poultry publications, boards, and internet sites. Word that abbreviations is also mixed to suggest each the breed (similar to Outdated English Recreation Bantam, or OEGB) and the variability (similar to black breasted crimson, or BBR), yielding an alphabet mouthful — on this case BBROEGB.
Breed & Selection Abbreviations
Amer. Ameraucana
BB. Buff Brahma
BJG. Black Jersey Large
BO. Buff Orpington
BR/BPR. Barred Plymouth Rock
BSL – Black Intercourse Hyperlink
CLB. Cream Legbar
CM. Cuckoo Marans
CW. Columbian Wyandotte
CX. Cornish Move
DB. Darkish Brahma
EE. Easter Egger
FAV. Faverolle
GLC. Gold Laced Cochin
JG. Jersey Large
LB. Gentle Brahma
NH/New Hamp. New Hampshire
NN. Bare Neck
OEGB. Outdated English Recreation bantam
Orp. Orpington
PR. Manufacturing Crimson
RIR. Rhode Island Crimson
RSL. Crimson Intercourse Hyperlink
SF. Salmon Faverolle
SL. Intercourse Hyperlink
Spitz/Spitzy. Spitzhauben Appenzeller
SSH. Silver Spangled Hamburg
SS. Speckled Sussex
WCBP. White Crested Black Polish
WFBS. White Confronted Black Spanish
WL. White Leghorn
Selection Options
BBR. black breasted crimson
BL. blue laced
BLR. blue laced crimson
BT. black tailed
CF. blank confronted
CL. blank legged
DT. double tufted
FL. feather legged
GL. gold laced
GDW. golden duck wing
GP. gold penciled
PC. pea comb
RC. rose comb
SC. unmarried comb
SDW. silver duck wing
SL. silver laced
SP. silver penciled
SPL. splash
ST. unmarried tufted
Exhibition Abbreviations
ABA. American Bantam Affiliation
Amer. American Magnificence
AOB. All Different Breeds/Any Different Breed Magnificence
AOC. All Different Colours/Any Different Colour Magnificence
AOCCL. All Different Comb Blank Legged Magnificence
AOSB. All Different Usual Breeds Magnificence
AOV. All Different Types/Any Different Selection Magnificence
APA. American Poultry Affiliation
BB/BOB. Very best of Breed
BV/BOV. Very best of Selection
B/BF/BT/BTM. bantam/bantam hen
C, H, Ok, P. cock, chicken, cockerel, pullet
CF. Champion Feather Legged
Ch. Champion
Cont. Continental Magnificence
DQ. Disqualified
GC. Grand Champion
LF. massive hen
Med. Mediterranean Magnificence
RCCL. Rose Comb Blank Legged Magnificence
Res. Reserve
RB/ROB. Reserve of Breed
RF. Reserve Feather Legged
RV/ROV. Reserve of Selection
SCCL. Unmarried Comb Blank Legged Magnificence
And that’s lately’s information from the Cackle Coop.
Gail Damerow has written a large number of books about poultry, together with The Rooster Encyclopedia.