"By mating birds I can create beauty, I can create art. Through nature we can get even more beautiful things than in their original form... In the first years I didn't know what would happen if I crossed two species. There was no one to ask. But gradually, by learning from other people from abroad and by experimenting, I acquired skills," says the collector.

It's always curious what the result will be, because you don't know in generations what genes will be mixed in the new chicks, Dimitar tells us, not hiding his excitement. In practice, 90 per cent of peacocks are different from their parents. It turns out that the price of the birds doesn't depend on their beauty, because everyone has different tastes, but on how rare they are and how many there are in the world. Which are the most valuable birds on Dimitri's farm? 

"We have the rarest peacock in the world, which is a 'charcoal' - almost entirely black. Apart from being attractive, it is very rare, meaning that there are very few such specimens in the world, and it is the result of many years of selection. It is one of our attractions because there are no other such specimens in Bulgaria. Its peahens do not produce offspring. Another interesting variety is our Spalding Pied, which is very valuable to me. Its parents are from America and it is also human bred after many years of selection and it is extremely rare and beautiful" - Dimitar is proud.

Customers of his farm usually buy peacocks with the idea of having them in their garden, villa, hotel or as an addition to their zoo.  Dimitar has noticed that in 90% of cases white peacocks "catch the eyes of women". Customers have called to buy some of the beautiful birds for food, but the owner has flatly refused because he loves his peafowl. Two of them are his pets - a peacock and a peahen who follow him around and play with him. But these birds are not usually the cuddliest of creatures.