Yakido

Yakido
Other names
  • Ygido
  • Hachikido[1]: 94 
Country of originJapan
Usecock-fighting
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    2.1–2.6 kg[2]
  • Female:
    1.7–2.1 kg[2]
Skin colourred
Egg colourcream to brown[2]
Comb typetriple
Classification
APAno[3]
EEyes[4]
PCGBAsian hard feather[5]

The Yakido (Japanese: 八木戸鶏) is a Japanese breed of fighting chicken. It belongs to the Shamo group of breeds. It was bred in the Kansai region in southern Honshu in the mid-nineteenth century. It was made a Natural Monument of Japan in 1950.[6]

History

The Yakido derives from the Shamo group of fighting chicken breeds, which are thought to descend from birds of Malay type brought from Thailand in the early part of the seventeenth century, during the Edo period.[7]: 13  The Yakido was bred in Mie Prefecture, in Kansai region in southern Honshu, in the mid-nineteenth century, in the late Edo period.[8]: 321 [9]: 105  It was made a Natural Monument of Japan under law 214 of 30 May 1950.[6]

Characteristics

The Yakido is a small bird of gamecock type. It is muscular and strong, and stands very upright. It has hard, close feathers, and holds its wings close to the body.[8]: 321  It is found in only one colour, black.[4] The beak and legs are yellow, sometimes with black markings. The comb is triple.[8]: 321 

The Yakido is intermediate in weight between standard-sized and bantam chickens. In the United Kingdom, but not in Germany, it is considered a bantam.[8]: 321 [2]

Use

The Yakido was created as a sparring-partner for larger fighting-cocks.[8]: 321  Hens lay about 80 cream-coloured or brown eggs per year; egg weight is about 50 g.[2] This breed is used in creating Kumano Jidori(F3 hybrid used for meat production) as one of great-grandfathers.[10]

References

  1. ^ [Editorial Committee Office of the Japanese Country Report, Animal Genetic Resources Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan] ([n.d.]). Country Report (For FAO State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources Process) Archived 15 October 2012. Annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rassetafeln: Yakidos (in German). Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter. Accessed August 2017.
  3. ^ APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
  5. ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b Atsushi Tajima (2011). Potential for somatic nuclear transfer technology in domestic chickens. Avian Biology Research 4 (2): 59-61.
  7. ^ Sayed Abdel-Maksoud Osman, Masashi Sekino, Takehito Kuwayama, Keiji Kinoshita, Masahide Nishibori, Yoshio Yamamoto, and Masaoki Tsudzuki (2006). Genetic variability and relationships of native Japanese chickens based on microsatellite DNA polymorphisms-Focusing on the natural monuments of Japan. The Journal of Poultry Science 43' (1): 12–22.
  8. ^ a b c d e Victoria Roberts (2008). 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.
  9. ^ Masaoki Tsudzuki (2003). Japanese native chickens. In: Hsiu-Luan Chang, Yu-chia Huang (editors) (2003). The Relationship between Indigenous Animals and Humans in APEC Region. Taipei: Chinese Society of Animal Science. Pages 91-116.
  10. ^ "地鶏銘柄鶏ガイド＞北陸・東海＞三重県地鶏＞熊野地鶏". Japan Chicken Association（Japanese）.