Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association
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Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association was founded by poultry breeder
s in 2010 with the headquarter in Veliko Tarnovo
, Bulgaria
.
Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association unites persons who are related to raising and breeding of birds of the order Galliformes
and family Anatidae
of the order Anseriformes
. Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association is a non-profit organization for protection and rearing of Poultry
, in particular chickens, turkeys, pheasants, peacocks
, guinea fowl, chukar
, grouse
, quails, ducks, Muscovy ducks and geese. It coordinates activities between various association
s and club
s on the basis of its charter.
The main goal of the association is promoting and encouraging the breeding and improvement of Bulgarian poultry breeds like Black Shumen chicken
and Starozagorska red chicken
.
Breeder
A breeder is a person who practices the vocation of mating carefully selected specimens of the same breed to reproduce specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics....
s in 2010 with the headquarter in Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred to as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association unites persons who are related to raising and breeding of birds of the order Galliformes
Galliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...
and family Anatidae
Anatidae
Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...
of the order Anseriformes
Anseriformes
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...
. Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association is a non-profit organization for protection and rearing of Poultry
Poultry
Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...
, in particular chickens, turkeys, pheasants, peacocks
Peacocks
Peacocks may refer to:*Peacock, one of two species also known as peafowl*Peacocks *Nickname for English football club, Leeds United*A song from Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats...
, guinea fowl, chukar
Chukar
The Chukar Partridge or Chukar is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the Rock Partridge, Philby's Partridge and Przevalski's Partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first...
, grouse
Grouse
Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes. They are sometimes considered a family Tetraonidae, though the American Ornithologists' Union and many others include grouse as a subfamily Tetraoninae in the family Phasianidae...
, quails, ducks, Muscovy ducks and geese. It coordinates activities between various association
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
s and club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
s on the basis of its charter.
The main goal of the association is promoting and encouraging the breeding and improvement of Bulgarian poultry breeds like Black Shumen chicken
Black Shumen chicken
Black Shumen chicken is an old breed of chicken originating in Shumen region of Bulgaria. In the middle of the 20th century it was crossed with Minorca and Rhode Island red chickens.Nowadays it is considered to be a rare breed...
and Starozagorska red chicken
Starozagorska red chicken
Starozagorska red chicken is an old breed of chicken originating in Stara Zagora region in Bulgaria. In the middle of the 20th century it was crossed with local chikens of Stara Zagora and Rhode Island red chickens.Nowadays it is considered to be a rare breed...
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