Black Shumen chicken
 Black Shumen cockerel, 20 weeks old | |
| Conservation status | rare |
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| Country of origin | Bulgaria |
| Use | eggs, fancy |
| Traits | |
| Weight | Male: 2–2.5 kg[1] |
| Female: 1.5–1.8 kg[1] | |
| Skin color | white |
| Egg color | white |
| Comb type | single |
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Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus | |
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.[2]
Nowadays it is considered to be a rare breed. It is kept by Bulgarian Poultry Institute in Stara Zagora and a few Bulgarian breeders members of Bulgarian Poultry Breeders Association.
Characteristics
The Black Shumen is black with a greenish sheen; it has a single comb, white skin and red earlobes. It is early-maturing, and lays 160–170 greyish-white eggs weighing 53–55 g per year.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hristo Lukanov (April 2011). Bulgarian Poultry breeds. Aviculture Europe 7 (2, April 2011).
- ↑ "Black Shumen chicken". Hristo Lukanov. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
Further reading
- Величков и колектив, В. (1987). Частно животновъдство. Земиздат.
- колектив (1997). Албум фамилни ферми за производство и породи птици отглеждани в България. PENSOFT. ISBN 954-642-032-8.
- колектив (1996). Отглеждане на птици. ЗЕМИЗДАТ. ISBN 954-05-0347-7.
- колектив (2000). Птицевъдство. ФОРУМ. ISBN 954-9794-22-9.
- Семерджиев, Валентин (2005). Атлас и характеристика на продуктивните птици. "Съюз на учените-Стара Загора". ISBN 954-9329-25-9.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Black shumen. |
- at the feathersite.com
- at the BAPB
- Agrobiodiversity.net - Black Shumen chicken
- ELBARN - Black Shumen chicken