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Japanese Shamo development and size terminology

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A Shamo chicken showing its upright carriage.
A Shamo chicken showing its upright carriage. Minseong Kim · CC BY-SA 4.0 · License terms

The Poultry Club describes a Thai association behind the Shamo name and later development in Japan. Its account distinguishes Japanese Chu Shamo and O Shamo size terms from the broader British use of Shamo after twentieth-century imports. These naming differences matter when combining sources or photographs from several countries.

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Sources behind this article

This is original Conservation Legacy teaching informed by the sources below. Follow the official material for the full account and its context.

  1. The Poultry Club — British breed reference ↗

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