Poultry Club of Great Britain

The Poultry Club of Great Britain is a registered charity founded in 1877.[1] Its stated purpose is to "safeguard the interests of all pure and traditional breeds of poultry including chickens, bantams, ducks, geese and turkeys".

Poultry Club of Great Britain
Formation1877
TypeRegistered charity
PurposeConservation of poultry breeds
Patron
The Prince of Wales
President
Paul Kerfoot
Chair
Lee Grant
Secretary
Kate Dickinson
AffiliationsEntente Européenne
Websitewww.poultryclub.org

The Poultry Club maintains the British Poultry Standard and acts as the overseeing body for all poultry breed clubs in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The club is also responsible for organizing the annual National Poultry Show.[2]

The Poultry Club of Great Britain donated David Scrivener's collection of material related to poultry keeping, health and breeding to The Museum of English Rural Life.[3] David Scrivener (1952 - 2015) was a well-respected author and poultry show judge. His collection includes postcards, prints, journals, pamphlets, slides and books. [4]

See also

References

  1. Pam Percy (1 April 2006), The Field Guide to Chickens, Voyageur Press, p. 19, ISBN 978-0-7603-2473-8
  2. Janet Vorwald Dohner (2001), The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds, Yale University Press, p. 411, ISBN 978-0-300-08880-9
  3. "Something worth crowing about". New Poultry Archive Project. The Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. "David Scrivener Collection". David Scrivener Collection. The Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 11 November 2019.


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