Conservation Breeds

If you haven't already, pop over to the Livestock conservation priority list and see what breed(s) would make a good fit for you in your preservation efforts.

This is an excerpt from the livestock conservancy website, modified to reflect poultry only:

"Endangered Categories

Critical: For poultry, fewer than 500 birds in the U.S., with five or fewer primary breeding flocks (50 birds or more), and an estimated global population less than 1,000.

Threatened: For poultry, fewer than 1,000 breeding birds in the U.S., with seven or fewer primary breeding flocks, and an estimated global population less than 5,000.

Watch: For poultry, fewer than 5,000 breeding birds in the U.S., with 10 or fewer primary breeding flocks, and an estimated global population less than 10,000.

Recovering: Breeds once listed in another category, but have exceeded Watch category numbers and still need monitoring.

Study: Breeds that require further research to learn whether their history, genetic integrity, global status, and U.S. numbers merit listing on the Conservation Priority List. This step is necessary to clearly target The Livestock Conservancy’s conservation efforts toward breeds that not only require conservation, but can also benefit from our conservation efforts. Breeds in this category are only listed online."