Poultry Breeds

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Poultry Breeds
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Why do people raise chickens?

• Eggs
• Meat
• Eggs Meat ? Dual purpose breeds
• Exhibition
• Enjoyment

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Earlobes Eggs???

• white ear lobes white eggs.
• red ear lobes brown eggs.

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Meat breeds?

• The meat type chickens are not breeds
• They are hybrids
• They are bred to have larger mass
• ? thus they prove to be better meat producers

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Broilers

• The Cornish x White Rock is the standard bird of
  the commercial poultry industry
• GROW FAST!! 9 lbs by 11 weeks

2 weeks old ? Broiler chick vs. Cochin chick
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1. White Leghorns

• White
• Lay white eggs
• Most popular layers

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2. White Plymouth Rock

• White
• Popular broilers for meat (breeding stock)
• Brown Eggs

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3. Rhode Island Reds

• Red-brown feathers
• Lay brown eggs (red earlobes)

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What breed are these???
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Cornish

• Foundation for the broiler industry
• Ultimate meat bird

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4. Barred Rock

• Variety of Plymouth Rock
• Brown Eggs (red earlobes)

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5. Bantam

• little chicken
• Miniature versions of standard breeds
• Bantams are used primarily for show

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6. Silkies

• Their unique appearance and quiet temperament ?
  often kept as pets
• Colors black, blue, buff, white, partridge and
  gray
• Their skin and bones are black!

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Turkeys
The turkey is native to North America and was
domesticated by the Aztecs in Mexico 500 years
ago.
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Broad breasted Bronze Turkey

• The Bronze turkey is named for its unusual color,
  a shimmering green-bronze which appears metallic
  in the sunlight

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Broad-breasted Bronze Turkey
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Broad-breasted Large White Turkey

• Most popular breed of Turkey

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Broad-breasted Large White Turkey
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Most commercial livestock and poultry producers
use crosses of more than one breed or selected
strains of a breed.
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Breeds of Swine
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1. American Landrace
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American Landrace Characteristics

• Solid white colored, long body, large droopy ears
• Large litters, excellent mothering ability
• Originated in Denmark

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2. Duroc
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Duroc Characteristics

• Red- Brown
• Drooping ears
• Excellent rate of gain/growth rate and feed
  efficiency-feed converters

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3. Hampshire
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Hampshire Characteristics

• Originated from England
• Black with white belt encircling front
  legs/shoulder
• Erect ears
• Lean

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4. Yorkshire
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Yorkshire Characteristics

• White, erect ears
• Good mothering ability, large litters
• Feed efficiency, growth
• Long body

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• 5. Poland China

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Types of Cattle

• Are all types of cattle alike?
• What about these two? Will they be used for the
  same purpose?

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Breeds of Beef Cattle
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1. Angus
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1. Angus

• Originated from Scotland
• Solid Black and Polled
• Red Angus-same characteristics recessive gene for
  red color
• Known for marbling quality and mothering/milking
  ability
• Most registered breed

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2. Hereford
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Hereford
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2. Hereford

• Red body White face, switch, underline, feet
• Originated in England
• Good temperamentdocile, good foraging ability,
  hardy, fertile
• Poor milkers

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3. Charolais
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• Originated in France
• White to cream-straw colored
• Very large framed and polled
• Fast growing
• Thick muscled

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4. Brahman
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• Originated in India
• Colors range from red, gray, white, and black
• Heat tolerant, insect/disease resistant

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• Have large pendulous sheath, big floppy ears and
  a hump
• Docile bulls

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Black BaldyHereford x Angus cross
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LimousinGolden-Red colorMost docile beef breed
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Belted Galloway
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Brangus
3/8 Angus, 5/8 Brahman
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Beefmaster

• 25 Hereford, 25 Shorthorn and 50 Brahman
• No standard color

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Texas Longhorn

• Known for its characteristic horns
• Lean beef
• Diverse range of colors
• Hardy!! can thrive where other breeds cannot
  survive!

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Breeds of Dairy Cattle
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1. Holstein

• Most popular dairy breed and largest framed
• Originated in Holland
• Colors are mix of black and white or ( red
  white not as common)

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Holstein
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2. Jersey

• Originated on the Isle of Jersey (coast of
  France)
• Colors are light gray to fawn.
• Smallest of dairy breeds

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3. Ayrshire

• Originated in Scotland
• Color - red and white spotted

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4. Brown Swiss

• Hardy breed
• Originated in Switzerland
• Light brown or gray in color

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5. Guernsey

• Fawn white in color
• Originated on the Isle of Guernsey (coast of
  France)
• Milk has a rich taste golden color
• Higher of butterfat beta carotene

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Assignment Coloring!

• Using the laptops and textbooks
• Color in pages 35-42 in your workbook
• All breeds that we covered
• Look at handout for list