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Poultry Breeds

2. Why do people raise chickens?
Eggs
Meat
Eggs & Meat  Dual purpose breeds
Exhibition
Enjoyment

3. Earlobes & Eggs??? white ear lobes = white eggs.
red ear lobes = brown eggs.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 1. White Leghorns
White
Lay white eggs
Most popular layers

7. 2. White Plymouth Rock White
Popular broilers for meat (breeding stock)
Brown Eggs

8. 3. Rhode Island Reds
Red-brown feathers
Lay brown eggs (red earlobes)

9. What breed are these???

10. 4. Barred Rock
Variety of Plymouth Rock
Brown Eggs (red earlobes)

11. 5. Bantam “little chicken” Miniature versions of standard breeds
Bantams are used primarily for show

12. 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!

13. Cornish
Foundation for the broiler industry
Ultimate meat bird

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

15. Broad breasted Bronze Turkey
The Bronze turkey is named for its unusual color, a shimmering green-bronze which appears metallic in the sunlight

16. Broad-breasted Bronze Turkey

17. Broad-breasted Large White Turkey
Most popular breed of Turkey
Cannot breed naturally due to ________

18. Broad-breasted Large White Turkey

19. Most commercial poultry producers use crosses of more than one breed or
selected strains of a breed.

20. Breeds of Swine

21. 1. American Landrace

22. American Landrace Characteristics:
Solid white colored, long body, large droopy ears
Large litters, excellent mothering ability
Originated in Denmark

23. 2. Duroc

25. Duroc Characteristics:
Red- Brown
Drooping ears
Excellent rate of gain/growth rate and feed efficiency-feed converters

26. 3. Hampshire

27. Hampshire Characteristics:
Originated from England
Black with white belt encircling front legs/shoulder
Erect ears
Lean

28. 4. Yorkshire

29. Yorkshire Characteristics:
White, erect ears
Good mothering ability, large litters
Feed efficiency, growth
Long body

31. 5. Poland China

32. Types of Cattle Are all types of cattle alike?
What about these two? Will they be used for the same purpose?

33. Breeds of Beef Cattle

34. 1. Angus

35. 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

36. 2. Hereford

37. Hereford

38. 2. Hereford Red body & White face, switch, underline, feet
Originated in England
Good temperament=docile, good foraging ability, hardy, fertile
Poor milkers

40. 3. Charolais

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

43. 4. Brahman

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

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

47. Black Baldy Hereford x Angus cross

49. Limousin Golden-Red color Most docile beef breed

50. Belted Galloway

51. Brangus
3/8 Angus, 5/8 Brahman

52. Beefmaster 25% Hereford, 25% Shorthorn and 50% Brahman
No standard color

53. Texas Longhorn Known for its characteristic horns Lean beef
Diverse range of colors
Hardy!! – can thrive where other breeds cannot survive!

55. Breeds of Dairy Cattle
                         

56. 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)

57. Holstein

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

60. 3. Ayrshire
Originated in Scotland
Color - red and white spotted

61. 4. Brown Swiss Hardy breed Originated in Switzerland
Light brown or gray in color

62. 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

63. Assignment – Coloring! Using the laptops and textbooks
Color in animals in your workbook
All breeds that we covered
Look at handout for list