Breeds Of Poultry

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Breeds Of Poultry
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Chicken Anatomy
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Leghorn-Chickens

• Weights 4 lbs. to 6 lbs.
• Egg Shell Color White.
• Use An egg-type chicken.
• Origin city of Leghorn, Italy.
• Characteristics A small, noisy bird, like to
  move about.
• The most numerous breed.

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Rhode Island Red-Chicken

• Varieties Single Comb, and Rose Comb
• Standard Weights 5 ½ lbs to 8 ½ lbs.
•  Egg Shell Color Brown
•  Use Egg production.
• Origin Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
• Characteristics
• Relatively hardy.
• The best egg layers of the dual purpose breeds.
• Reds handle marginal diets and poor housing
  conditions.

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Ameraucanas

• Developed in the 1970s in the US
• General Purpose breed
• Blue-green pastel colored eggs
• Rooster 6 ½ lbs
• Hen 5 ½ lbs.
• Comb Pea

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Hollands

• 1934 White Leghorns, Rhode Island Red, New
  Hampshire, Lamonas
• Heavy general purpose
• Rooster 8 ½ lbs
• Hen 6 ½ lbs
• White eggs
• Single comb
• Barred (shown) and White

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Cochin

• From China in 1845
• Massive appearance due to the long, soft plumage
• Feathered Shanks
• Buffs, partridge, white, blacks, silver-laced,
  golden laced, blues, browns, barred.
• Admitted to the Standard in 1874

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Plymouth Rocks

• Exhibited at Americas first poultry show in 1849
• Dual purpose breed
• Brown eggs
• Rooster 9 ½ lbs.
• Hens 7 ½ lbs.
• Barred, White, Buff, Silver penciled, Partridge,
  Columbian, Blue.

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Jersey Giants

• Originated in New Jersey 1880s
• General purpose Heavy Meat production
• Rooster 13 lbs.
• Hen 10 lbs.
• Black and Whites

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Langshans

• Originated in China
• Pure Race of domesticated poultry
• Admitted to Standard in 1883
• General purpose breed
• White skin, dark brown eggs
• Blacks, Whites, Blues

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Minorcans

• Largest, Heaviest Mediterranean breeds
• Egg producer
• Large chalk white eggs
• Rooster 9 lbs.
• Hen 7 ½ lbs.
• Single and Rose Comb

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Polish

• Poland Fowl
• Mentioned as early as the sixteenth century
• Highly prized exhibition
• Produces white shelled eggs
• Ornamental
• Does not set eggs
• Known for the top knot or crest.

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Sex Links

• Composite or cross bred hybrid
• Color is linked to sex
• Used for meat production
• Utilizes heterosis or hybrid vigor
• Not in the Standard

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Brahma

• Asiatic breed
• Imported in 1840s into England
• General purpose, heavy meat production
• Yellow skin, brown eggs
• Feathered shanks
• Lights, Darks, Buffs

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Cornish

• 1893
• Super heavy meat producer
• Rooster 10 ½ lbs.
• Hen 8 lbs.
• White, Black, Buff, White laced red

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Wyandotte

• New York State
• American Seabrights
• Medium general purpose
• Yellow skin, brown eggs
• Silver laced, Golden laced, White, Black,
  Partridge, Columbian, Blue

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Broilers

• Crossed Meat birds
• Hybrid vigor
• Used in production houses
• Typically slaughtered prior to sexual maturity.

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Production

• Egg layers
• Hybrid vigor
• Used in production houses
• Typically lay white eggs.

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New Hampshire- Chicken

• Standard Weights 5 ½ lbs to 8 ½ lbs.
• Use meat production.
• Origin Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
• Characteristics
• They possess a deep, broad body, grow feathers
  rapidly.
• The color is a medium to light red and often
  fades in the sunshine.

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White-Turkey

• Referred as Broad Breasted Large White.
• Cross between Bronze and White Holland.
• Noted for large meaty breast.
• Artificially inseminated to reproduce.

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Bronze-Turkey

• Referred- as Broad Breasted Bronze.
• Has black plumage and dark pinfeathers.
• Native to North America.
• Spaniards took them back to Europe.
• Pilgrims bred them to wild turkeys.
• Breeders selected certain ones for the broad
  breast.
• Toms 25 to 36 lbs.
• Hens 16 to 20 lbs.

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Bourbon Reds

• Breed based upon color
• Large breed, large breast
• Old Toms 33 lbs.
• Young Toms 23 lbs.
• Hens 14 to 18 lbs.

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Rio Grande

• Native Wild Turkey found throughout Texas

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Royal Palm

• Old Toms 22 lbs.
• Young Toms 16 lbs.
• Hens 10 to 12 lbs.

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Black

• Greenish black plumage
• Prized in Europe for table qualities
• French Blacks Norfolk Blacks (England)
• Old Toms 33 lbs.
• Young Toms 23 lbs.
• Hens 14 to 18 lbs.

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Slate

• Practically extinct
• Ashy blue some black spots
• Same size as the black
• Toms 23 to 33 lbs.
• Hens 14 to 18 lbs.

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Call-Duck

• Two varieties
• Gray
• White
• Bantams
• Bred for small size
• Drakes 22 to 26 oz.
• Hens 18 to 20 oz.

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Mallard-Duck

• Originated from Wild Mallards
• Breed for cosmetic reasons
• Drakes 36 to 40 oz.
• Hens 30 to 36 oz.

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White Pekin-Duck

• White feathers, orange shanks and toes are
  desired.
• The bill is rich yellow in color.
• Pekin ducks weigh 7 lbs. to 9 lbs.
• Long, broad, deep and full breasted type, to
  carry an abundance of meat.
• The Pekin breed is of Chinese origin.
• Were imported to the United States about 1873.

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Muscovy-Duck

• Originated in South America.
• White feathers and white skin.
• Weigh from 7 lbs to 10 lbs.
• Meat is best before 17 weeks.

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Toulose-Geese

• Originated in France.
• Dark gray with a white abdomen.
• Adult gander weighs 26 lbs.
• Adult goose weighs about 20 lbs.
• Use weeding crops sugar beets, mint.

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Pilgrim-Geese

• Only breed in which males and females are
  different colors
• Males-creamy white
• Females-olive grey
• Old breed from England
• Arrived with Pilgrims
• Quiet disposition, excellent parenting qualities,
  fast growth
• 12 to 16 lbs.

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White Chinese-Geese

• Originated in China.
• Two Varieties
• White
• Brown
• Use for weeding crops, and ornamental.
• Goose 8 to 10 lbs.
• Gander 8 to 12 lbs.

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Guinea

• Native of West Africa
• Peal White
• 3 ½ lbs.
• Wild game flavor
• Protection from hawks and thieves
• Noisy
• Eat lots of bugs, lizards, snakes, other creepy
  crawlies

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Peacock

• From India
• Prized for its brightly colored plumage

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Pheasant

• Imported from Asia to North America in 1857
• Found wild throughout North America
• Raised commercially for Meat and Hunting
• Worlds Most Popular Sport Hunting Bird

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Chukar (Partridge)

• Native of Eastern Europe, Pakistan, India,
  Afghanistan
• Raised commercially for the Hunting industry
• Have native populations in Rocky Mountains in the
  US

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Bobwhite Quail

• Popular Sport Hunting Bird throughout the
  Southern United States
• Raised commercially for the Meat and Hunting
  Industries
• Habitat loss and Environmental changes have
  caused sever declines in the wild population.

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Coturnix (Quail)

• Popular bird raised for pleasure, meat, and eggs.
• More Hardy than the Bobwhite Quail.

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References

• Modern Livestock Poultry Production 5th
  Edition. By James Gillespie.
• Oklahoma State University- Animal Science
  department.
• http//www.ca.uky.edu/agripedia
• http//www.ideal-poultry.com/

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