Breeds of Poultry

Question 1

• egg type
  skin: yellow
  comb: single
  eyes: reddish bay
  earlobes: white
  shanks: yellow
  plumage: white
  egg shell color: white

Answer 1

LEGHORN

Question 2

Origin of Leghorn

Answer 2

ITALY

Question 3

• 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

Answer 3

ANDALUSIAN

Question 4

Origin of Andalusian

Answer 4

AUSTRALIA

Question 5

• egg type
  skin: white
  comb: single
  eyes: brown
  earlobes: white
  shanks: dark slate
  plumage: black
  egg shell color: white

Answer 5

MINORCA

Question 6

Origin of MINORCA

Answer 6

SPAIN

Question 7

• egg type
  skin: yellow
  comb: single
  eyes: reddish bay
  earlobes: red
  shanks: yellow
  plumage: red
  egg shell color: brown

Answer 7

RHODE ISLAND RED

Question 8

Origin of Rhode Island Red

Answer 8

USA

Question 9

Other egg type breeds

Answer 9

• ANCONAS
• MIKAWA
• WYANDOTTE

Question 10

• 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

Answer 10

AUSTRALORP

Question 11

Origin of Australorp

Answer 11

ENGLAND

Question 12

• 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

Answer 12

BRAHMA (LIGHT)

Question 13

Origin of Brahma

Answer 13

ASIA

Question 14

• 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

Answer 14

CORNISH (WHITE)

Question 15

Origin of Cornish

Answer 15

ENGLAND

Question 16

Other Meat/Broiler type breeds

Answer 16

• COCHIN
• JERSEY GIANT
• LANGHANS
• ORPINGTON

Question 17

• 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

Answer 17

PLYMOUTH ROCK (BARRED)

Question 18

Origin of Plymouth Rock (Barred)

Answer 18

USA

Question 19

• 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

Answer 19

PLYMOUTH ROCK (WHITE)

Question 20

Origin of Plymouth Rock (White)

Answer 20

USA

Question 21

• dual type
• primarily use as broilers
  skin: yellow
  comb: single
  eyes: reddish bay
  earlobes: red
  shanks: yellow
  plumage: red
  egg shell color: brown

Answer 21

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Question 22

Origin of New Hampshire

Answer 22

USA

Question 23

Other Dual Type breeds

Answer 23

• BLACK ORPINGTON
• CANTONESE
• KABIR
• LANCASTER
• SUSSEX
• TAIWAN

Question 24

Are small chickens usually weighing 16-30 ounces made up of 150 varieties

Answer 24

BANTAMS

Question 25

- 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

Answer 25

DUCKS

Question 26

Popularly known as the Pateros Duck

Answer 26

PHILIPPINE MALLARD DUCK

Question 27

- 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

Answer 27

PHILIPPINE MALLARD DUCK

Question 28

- 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

Answer 28

KHAKI CAMPBELL

Question 29

Origin of Khaki Campbell

Answer 29

ENGLAND

Question 30

3 varieties of Indian Runner

Answer 30

- WHITE - PENCILED - FAWN-and-WHITE

Question 31

- 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

Answer 31

INDIAN RUNNER

Question 32

Origin of Indian Runner

Answer 32

EAST INDIES (INDIA, BANGLADESH)

Question 33

- white feathers - orange-yellow shanks and feet - yellow skin - egg shell: white - nervous personalities - meat type

Answer 33

WHITE PEKIN

Question 34

Origin of White Pekin

Answer 34

CHINA

Question 35

Females are not good mothers because they do not sit on their eggs and raise their young

Answer 35

WHITE PEKIN

Question 36

Most popular meat type duck in the United States

Answer 36

AYLESBURRY

Question 37

- flesh colored bills - light orange legs and feet - eggs: white - poor brooders of their eggs and young

Answer 37

AYLESBURRY

Question 38

Origin of Aylesburry

Answer 38

ENGLAND

Question 39

- white feathers and skin | - good sitters and brooders

Answer 39

MUSCOVY

Question 40

Origin of Muscovy

Answer 40

AMERICA

Question 41

A cross of female Muscovy and a Mallard duck that produce a sterile hybrid

Answer 41

MULE DUCKS

Question 42

GEESE

Answer 42

1. TOULOUSE 2. EMBDEN 3. WHITE CHINESE 4. PILGRIM 5. AFRICAN

Question 43

They are popular in US because they are used in weeding crops

Answer 43

WHITE CHINESE

Question 44

TURKEYS

Answer 44

1. BROAD BREASTED LARGE WHITE 2. BROAD BREASTED BRONZE 3. BELTSVILLE SMALL WHITE 4. NARRAGANSELT 5. BOURBON RED

Question 45

QUAIL

Answer 45

1. JAPANESE SEATTLE 2. SILVER 3. NEGRO 4. JAPANESE TAIWAN/CHINESE 5. TUXEDO