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Poultry Chickens are classified as layers or broilers –Broilers: young chickens grown for their meat –Layers: chickens developed to produce huge numbers.

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1 Poultry Chickens are classified as layers or broilers –Broilers: young chickens grown for their meat –Layers: chickens developed to produce huge numbers of eggs Bantam: another class of chickens –Miniature versions of standard breeds –Bantams are used primarily for show

2 Poultry Turkeys –Large white: 90% of commercial production –Because of large breast they are unable to mate naturally.

3 Poultry Leghorn –Originated in England –Lays 300 eggs/year

4 Horses Quarter Horse –The American Breed –Oldest breed in the United States –Used for pleasure, roping and working –Can have HYPP

5 Horses Arabians –Originated in the middle East –Have 23 vertebrae rather than the normal 24 –Can trace ancestry to one of five stallions owned by King Solomon in 1635 BC

6 Horses Paints –Brought to the US by Cortes –3 color patterns –Used for pleasure or work

7 Horses Clydesdale –From Scotland –18 hands (6 feet) tall –Weigh as much as a Volkswagon Beetle –There feet are the size of a dinner plate –Bred to work in the coal fields


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