SHOW POULTRY RING SIZES – Revised 1 March 2012
BANTAMS
SIZE
A
COCK
HEN
Barbu D'Anvers, Carlisle Game, Frizzle, Modern Game,
Old English Game, Rumpless
American Game, Barbu D'Anvers, Carlisle Game, Dutch
Fresian, Frizzle, Hollandse Kriel, Modern Game, Old English
Game, Rosecomb, Rumpless, Sebright,
American Game, Dutch Fresian, Hollandse Kriel,
Rosecomb, Sebright
Ancona, Australorp, Barbu D'Uccle, Barnevelder, Basette,
Cubalaya Game, Danish, Hamburg, Japanese, Ko-Shamo,
Lakenvelder, Leghorn, Minorca, Naked Neck, New
Hampshire, Ohiki, Orpington, Phoenix, Polish, Rhode Island,
Sabelpoot, Sumatra, Sussex, Tuzo, Vorwerk, Welsummer,
Yokohama
Ancona, Australorp, Barbu D'Uccle, Barnevelder,
Basette, Cubalaya Game, Danish, Hamburg, Japanese,
Ko-Shamo, Lakenvelder, Leghorn, Minorca, Naked
Neck, New Hampshire, Ohiki, Orpington, Phoenix,
Polish, Rhode Island, Sabelpoot, Sumatra, Sussex, Tuzo,
Vorwerk, Welsummer, Wyandotte, Yokohama
Aseel, Belgian Game, Brahma, Chibi, Cornish Game,
Faverolles, Indian/Jubilee Game, Malay, Orpington, Pekin,
Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte
B
C
D
Aseel, Belgian Game, Brahma, Chibi, Cornish Game,
Faverolles, Indian/Jubilee Game, Malay, Pekin
Plymouth Rock,
LARGE BREEDS
SIZE
COCK
American Game, Carlisle Game, Old English Game,
Spanish Game
American Game, Andalusian, Aseel, Campine, Lakenvelder,
Carlisle Game, Modern Game, Old English Game, Old English
Pheasant Fowl, Phoenix, Polish, Spanish Game, Sumatra,
Yakido, Yokohama
Andalusian, Aseel, Campine, Lakenvelder, Modern
Game, Old English Pheasant Fowl, Phoenix, Polish,
Silkie, Sumatra, Yakido , Yokohama
Ancona, Araucana, Barnevelder, Dorking,
Fizzle/Strupphuhn, Hamburg, Kraienköppe, Leghorn, Maran,
Minorca, Naked Neck, New Hampshire, Orpington, Orloff,
Plymouth Rock, Potchefstroom Koekoek, Silkie, Spanish
White Face, Thai Game, Venda, Vorwerk, Welsummer
Ancona, Araucana, Barnevelder, Dorking,
Frizzle/Strupphuhn, Hamburg, Kraienköppe , Leghorn,
Maran, Minorca, Naked Neck, New Hampshire, Orloff,
Potchefstroom Koekoek, Spanish White Face, Thai
Game, Venda, Vorwerk, Welsummer
Australorp, Belgiam Game, Chu-Shamo, Indian/Jubilee
Game, Jersey Giant, Madras Game, Mechelner, Natal Game,
Rhode Island, Shamo, Sussex, Wyandotte,
Australorp, Belgiam Game, Chu-Shamo, Jersey Giant,
Madras Game, Mechelner, Natal Game, Orpington,
Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island, Shamo, Sussex,
Wyandotte
Brahma, Cochin, Cornish Game, Faverole, Malay Game,
Yamato
C
D
E
F
G
HEN
Brahma, Cochin, Cornish Game, Faverole,
Indian/Jubilee Game, Malay Game, Yamato
SIZE
CATEGORY
WATERFOWL
A
(11mm)
BANTAM DUCKS
Call Ducks
B
(13mm)
LIGHT DUCKS
Appleyard Bantam, Black East Indian, Mallard, Hochbrutflugenten
C
(15mm)
MEDIUM DUCKS
Campbell, Cayuga, Gimbsheimer, Indian Runner, Orpington, Rouen
Clair, Welsh Harlequin
D
(18mm)
HEAVY DUCKS
Aylesbury, Pekin, Rouen, Saxony, Muscovy Duck
E
(22mm)
LIGHT GEESE
Chinese, Roman, Muscovy Drake
F
(24mm)
HEAVY GEESE
Toulouse, Embden, American Buff, Pommeranian Saddleback
ALL TURKEY BREEDS
E-F
(22 - 24mm)
Females
F-G
(24 - 27mm)
Males
IMPORTANT CHANGES
1. Sumatra Game (Large) Hen/Pullet: D rings of 2009 and before not to be disqualified.
POULTRY RINGS
 Because of public participation in Shows and Expo’s, the bearing of rings is not compulsory. However, no other removable type
of ring, cable tie, leg band of whatever nature shall be allowed and must be removed before birds are penned.
 The club holding a show may charge an extra entry fee for un-ringed birds.
 An imported bird wearing a ring of the country of origin shall not be discriminated against.
 Judges should first consult with the show manager before disqualifying an exhibit, bearing a wrong size of ring. Any bird wearing
a ring larger than the size specified may be disqualified from participation.
 A bird with a 2010 ring may be entered at shows as a yearling until 31 December 2011.