Our Mission

To promote and protect standard-bred poultry in all its phases.

To accomplish our mission, the American Poultry Association will use these steps/values to govern the manner in which we achieve our goals:

1. To promote and protect the standard-bred poultry industry in all its phases.
2. To continue the publication of the American Standard of Perfection with the breed and variety descriptions for all recognized pure-bred fowl (published continuously by the A.P.A. since 1874).
3. To encourage and protect poultry shows as being the show window of our industry, an education for both breeder and public, and a means of interesting young future breeders in taking up poultry.
4. To assist, encourage and help educate the junior poultry man to the sound and practical value of standard-bred poultry and pure breeding.