Breeds of Poultry Flashcards
- egg type
skin: yellow
comb: single
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: white
shanks: yellow
plumage: white
egg shell color: white
LEGHORN
Origin of Leghorn
ITALY
- egg type
skin: white
comb: single
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: white
shanks: dark slaty blue
plumage: slaty blue (dominant); black (recessive)
egg shell color: white
ANDALUSIAN
Origin of Andalusian
AUSTRALIA
- egg type
skin: white
comb: single
eyes: brown
earlobes: white
shanks: dark slate
plumage: black
egg shell color: white
MINORCA
Origin of MINORCA
SPAIN
- egg type
skin: yellow
comb: single
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: red
shanks: yellow
plumage: red
egg shell color: brown
RHODE ISLAND RED
Origin of Rhode Island Red
USA
Other egg type breeds
- ANCONAS
- MIKAWA
- WYANDOTTE
- used in production of crossbreeds
- meat type
skin: skin
comb: single
eyes: brown
earlobes: red
shanks: dark slate; bottom feet is white
plumage: black
egg shell color: tinted
AUSTRALORP
Origin of Australorp
ENGLAND
- meat type
- used in crossbreeding for meat production
skin: yellow
comb: pea
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: red
shanks: yellow; feathered
plumage: columbian (white & black)
egg shell color: brown
BRAHMA (LIGHT)
Origin of Brahma
ASIA
- meat type
- used in development of male lines for crossbreeding
skin: yellow
comb: pea
eyes: pearl
earlobes: red
shanks: yellow
plumage: white
egg shell color: brown
CORNISH (WHITE)
Origin of Cornish
ENGLAND
Other Meat/Broiler type breeds
- COCHIN
- JERSEY GIANT
- LANGHANS
- ORPINGTON
- dual type
- dual purpose; used in crosses for sexing chicks at hatching
skin: yellow
comb: single
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: red
shanks: yellow
plumage: barred (sex-linked trait)
egg shell color: brown
PLYMOUTH ROCK (BARRED)
Origin of Plymouth Rock (Barred)
USA
- dual type
- primarily used as broiler/meat type
skin: yellow
comb: single
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: red
shanks: yellow
plumage: white
egg shell color: brown
PLYMOUTH ROCK (WHITE)
Origin of Plymouth Rock (White)
USA
- dual type
- primarily use as broilers
skin: yellow
comb: single
eyes: reddish bay
earlobes: red
shanks: yellow
plumage: red
egg shell color: brown
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Origin of New Hampshire
USA
Other Dual Type breeds
- BLACK ORPINGTON
- CANTONESE
- KABIR
- LANCASTER
- SUSSEX
- TAIWAN
Are small chickens usually weighing 16-30 ounces made up of 150 varieties
BANTAMS
- ranked 2nd to chickens in term of population raised
- considered as the most versatile because it can subsist under a wide range of climatic and nutritional conditions
- relatively hardy, resistant to common avian diseases and can eat on any types of feed
DUCKS
Popularly known as the Pateros Duck
PHILIPPINE MALLARD DUCK
- developed from the stocks brought by merchants from China
- due to the natural and artificial selection and breeding, they adapted to the local condition
- half of the total population of ducks in the country is from this breed
- raised traditionally under a herding system or semi-confinement and fed with snails as protein source and palay for energy
- egg type
PHILIPPINE MALLARD DUCK
- excellent egg producers, with some strains averaging to 365 eggs per year
- drakes are khaki with brownish-bronze lower back and covert tail
- drakes have green bill
- drakes have legs and toes that are dark orange
- females are khaki with seal brown head and neck
- female bills are greenish black; legs and toes are brown
KHAKI CAMPBELL
Origin of Khaki Campbell
ENGLAND
3 varieties of Indian Runner
- WHITE
- PENCILED
- FAWN-and-WHITE
- all 3 varieties have orange to reddish-orange feet and shanks
- stands erect
- not as prolific as the Khaki Campbell in terms of egg production
- egg type
INDIAN RUNNER
Origin of Indian Runner
EAST INDIES (INDIA, BANGLADESH)
- white feathers
- orange-yellow shanks and feet
- yellow skin
- egg shell: white
- nervous personalities
- meat type
WHITE PEKIN
Origin of White Pekin
CHINA
Females are not good mothers because they do not sit on their eggs and raise their young
WHITE PEKIN
Most popular meat type duck in the United States
AYLESBURRY
- flesh colored bills
- light orange legs and feet
- eggs: white
- poor brooders of their eggs and young
AYLESBURRY
Origin of Aylesburry
ENGLAND
- white feathers and skin
- good sitters and brooders
MUSCOVY
Origin of Muscovy
AMERICA
A cross of female Muscovy and a Mallard duck that produce a sterile hybrid
MULE DUCKS
GEESE
- TOULOUSE
- EMBDEN
- WHITE CHINESE
- PILGRIM
- AFRICAN
They are popular in US because they are used in weeding crops
WHITE CHINESE
TURKEYS
- BROAD BREASTED LARGE WHITE
- BROAD BREASTED BRONZE
- BELTSVILLE SMALL WHITE
- NARRAGANSELT
- BOURBON RED
QUAIL
- JAPANESE SEATTLE
- SILVER
- NEGRO
- JAPANESE TAIWAN/CHINESE
- TUXEDO