Characterization of native Slovak chicken and goose

Abstract

Nowadays, there are four local poultry breeds originating from different parts of Slovakia. At present time, there are registered low numbers of native breeds of poultry on the territory of Slovakia. In the last century, four poultry breeds were created - chickens (Oravka, Bantam Oravka) and goose (Suchovska goose and Slovak goose). In this article we collected and analyzed the data about the origin, breed characteristics and population size of native poultry breeds.