Breeds Of Poultry

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Breeds Of Poultry

• By. Mr. Spaulding

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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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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.
• Spainards took them back to Europe.
• Pilgrims bred them to wild turkeys.
• Breeders selected certain ones for the broad
  breast.

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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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White Chinese-Geese

• Originated in China.
• Two Varieties
• White
• Brown
• Use for weeding crops, and ornamental.

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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

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Thats All Folks!!!