Black Shumen

Black Shumen

Black Shumen cockerel, 20 weeks old
Conservation status rare
Other names
  • Bulgarian: Черна шуменска кокошка[1]
  • Cherna shumenska kokoshka[1]
  • Black shoumenska hen
Country of origin Bulgaria
Use eggs, fancy
Traits
Weight Male: 2–2.5 kg[2]
  Female: 1.5–1.8 kg[2]
Skin color white
Egg color white
Comb type single
Classification
Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus

The Black Shumen is an old breed of chicken originating in Shumen region of Bulgaria. In the middle of the 20th century it was crossed with Minorca chickens and later, briefly, with Rhode Island Red birds.[2]

It is considered a rare breed. In 2013 the population was reported as 350.[1] It is kept by the Bulgarian Poultry Institute in Stara Zagora and by a few members of the 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.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cherna shumenska kokoshka/Bulgaria . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hristo Lukanov (April 2011). Bulgarian Poultry breeds. Aviculture Europe 7 (2).

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