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The Wyandotte is an American breed of dual-purpose chicken, raised both for its brown eggs and for its yellow-skinned meat.[6] It was developed in the 1870s, and was named for the indigenous Wyandot people of North America.[6] It has many color variants,[4] and is also kept for showing. It was originally known as the American Sebright.[1] History The Wyandotte was created in the United States in the 1870s by four people, H. M. Doubleday, John Ray, L. Whittaker and Fred Houdlette.[6] The first type was the silver-laced, which was included in the American Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 1883; it was taken to Britain at about the same time.[2]: 311 [3] It had previously been known as the Sebright Cochin or American Sebright.[7]: 46  The origin of the breed is unknown; it is thought derive partly from spangled Hamburgs and dark Brahmas[1] – the Hamburg for the rose comb and the Brahma for the color pattern.[7]: 46  The gold-laced variant was produced by breeding silver-laced hens with gold-spangled Hamburg and partridge Cochin cocks, the white was a sport of the silver-laced, and the buff variant came from crossing the silver-laced with buff Cochin stock;[2]: 311  the black variant was also a sport, of both the silver-laced and the gold-laced.[6] The partridge variety came from crossing the gold-laced with Indian Game, partridge Cochin, gold-pencilled Hamburghs, and a strain called "Winnebago".[6] The Columbian was the result of a chance crossing of white Wyandottes with barred Plymouth Rock birds; it was named for Columbian Exposition and World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893.[6][2]: 311  The first Wyandotte bantams were added to the Standard of Perfection in 1933.[