WEEK 10: Poultry Flashcards
Chicken Scientific Name
Gallus Domestica
Turkey Scientific Name
Meleagris galiopavo domesticus
Geese Scientific Names
Anser anser domesticus
Anser cygnoides domesticus
Duck Scientific Name
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Pigeon Scientific Name
Columba livia domestica
NOTE: pigeon meat is called squab
Guineafowl Scientific Name
Numida meleagris domestica
Poultry in US Agriculture - percent breakdown
66% Broilers (chicken meat)
22% chicken eggs
12% Turkeys
US produces what percent of the world’s CHICKEN MEAT?
18%
US produces what percent of the world’s TURKEY MEAT?
47%
Egg Stats
95 billion eggs consumed annually
70% - fresh shell eggs
30% - processed egg products
What did modern chickens descend from?
Red Junglefowl - Thailand
Gallus gallus
OG Chicken breeds
White Leghorns - meat birds
Rhode Island Red - dual purpose
What’s a trapnest?
nesting box design that allowed farmers to keep a hen and all her eggs in one nest to keep track of genetics
TRUE/FALSE
Broiler production has been steadily increasing since the 1950’s
TRUE
What’s a sex-linked cross?
A breed of chicken - males are one color and females are another. Lets chicks be sexed at birth by just looking at them
