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Breeds Of PoultryBreeds Of Poultry
By. Mr. SpauldingBy. Mr. Spaulding
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LeghornLeghorn--ChickensChickens
Weights: 4 lbs. to 6 lbs.
Egg Shell Color: White.
Use: An egg-type
chicken. Origin: city ofLeghorn,
Italy.
Characteristics: A small,
noisy bird, like to moveabout.
The most numerous
breed.
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Rhode Island RedRhode Island Red--ChickenChicken
Varieties: Single Comb, andRose Comb
Standard Weights: 5 lbsto 8 lbs.
Egg Shell Color: Brown Use: Egg production.
Origin: Massachusetts andRhode Island.
Characteristics: Relatively hardy.
The best egg layers of thedual purpose breeds.
Reds handle marginal dietsand poor housing conditions.
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New HampshireNew Hampshire-- ChickenChicken
Standard Weights: 5
lbs to 8 lbs.
Use: meat production.
Origin: Massachusettsand 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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WhiteWhite--TurkeyTurkey
Referred as BroadBreasted LargeWhite.
Cross betweenBronze and WhiteHolland.
Noted for large meaty
breast. Artificially
inseminated toreproduce.
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BronzeBronze--TurkeyTurkey
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 thebroad breast.
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White PekinWhite Pekin--DuckDuck
White feathers, orangeshanks and toes aredesired.
The bill is rich yellow incolor.
Pekin ducks weigh 7 lbs. to9 lbs.
Long, broad, deep and fullbreasted type, to carry anabundance of meat.
The Pekin breed is ofChinese origin.
Were imported to the UnitedStates about 1873.
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MuscovyMuscovy--DuckDuck
Originated in South
America.
White feathers and
white skin.
Weigh from 7 lbs to
10 lbs.
Meat is best before17 weeks.
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TouloseToulose--GeeseGeese
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 ChineseWhite Chinese--GeeseGeese
Originated in China.
Two Varieties:
White
Brown
Use for weeding
crops, and
ornamental.
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ReferencesReferences
Modern Livestock & Poultry Production 5th
Edition. By James Gillespie.
Oklahoma State University- AnimalScience department.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agripedia
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