British Poultry Standards

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British Poultry Standards

British Poultry Standards is a compilation of the breed standards for poultry in the United Kingdom, approved and published by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. The standards themselves are usually drawn up by the individual specialist breed societies.[2]:2 It is the official reference standard used by judges at poultry shows in the United Kingdom.

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Contents page of the 1865 edition
EditorWilliam Bernhardt Tegetmeier
LanguageEnglish
Subjectpoultry breed standards
Published1865 (Groombridge and Sons, for the Poultry Club)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages56
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Front cover of the sixth edition of the British Poultry Standards[1]

It was first published in 1865 as The Standard of Excellence in Exhibition Poultry, and was the earliest publication of its kind in the world. Later editions had various titles until 1905, when the present title was adopted.

History

The standard was first published in 1865 by the original Poultry Club of Great Britain,[3] a club which existed for only three years.[4] It was entitled The Standard of Excellence in Exhibition Poultry and was edited by William Bernhardt Tegetmeier.[3] It was the first publication of its kind. The compilation of the standard was then taken over by the second Poultry Club of Great Britain, which is still active.[4] The number of editions of the standard that have been published is uncertain, as each successive publisher that has been used by the Poultry Club of Great Britain has started again with a first edition.[4] The edition published in 2019 by Wiley-Blackwell is the seventh in the current numbering.[2]

Use

The standard is the official reference for use by judges at poultry shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It contains breed standards of more than 150 breeds of chicken, duck, goose and turkey; pigeons are not included.

Editions

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Editions of the standards include, but probably are not limited to, these:

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