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Plymouth Rock (Barred)
-They are available in barred, buff, white, partridge, silver penciled, blue and columbian varieties.
-Dual purpose and cold hardy.
-Docile, friendly and easily handled. |
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Wyandotte (Black)
-Available in blue laced, golden laced, silver laced, white, buff, columbian , partridge, silver penciled and black varieties.
-Docile, dual purpose.
-Hens lay between 200-240 eggs per year.
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Rhode Island Red
-Dual purpose, more for egg than meat.
-Friendly, good natured.
-Resistant to illness. |
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New Hampshire
-Not good mothers, prone to broodiness.
-Dual purpose, more for meat than egg.
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Brahma (Light)
-Varieties are light, buff and dark.
-Used for the production of heavy roasters
-Can withstand cold temps |
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Cochin (Buff)
-Varieties: Black, buff, partridge and white.
-Mainly ornamental, yet good moms.
-May require AI because of feathering. |
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Australorp
-One variety: black.
-Use: A good egg producer, a fairly meaty body.
-World record for producing 364 eggs in 365 days. |
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Cornish (White)
-Varieties: Dark, white, white laced red, buff.
-Use: Ultimate meat bird.
-AI necessary due to shape. |
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Orpington (Buff)
-Varieities: Black, blue, buff, white.
-Use: Heavy dual for meat and eggs.
-Docile, do well in cold temps. |
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Leghorn (White)
-A lot of varieties.
-Use: Egg type chicken.
-Good foragers, roost in trees.
-Originated in Italy. |
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White Pekin
-Most popular in U.S.
-Valuable for its meat. |
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| Turkeys have what unusual characteristics? |
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| A Beard, a caruncle with a snood. |
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| The two commercially important turkeys in the U.S. today are... |
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| the Small white and the large Broad White. |
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| Turkeys are placed under controlled lighting to... |
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| A chicken's sexual maturity is reached when? |
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| When she lays her first egg usually between 18-24 weeks. |
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| Birds have deep glands near the junction of the vagina and shell gland called... |
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| Poultry production includes: |
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| breeding, hatching, feeding, processing, and marketing. |
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| What factors are important in egg production? |
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| Egg number, size, eggshell quality, efficiency of production, fertility and hatchability. |
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| What factors are important in broiler production? |
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| White plumage color, egg production, fertility, hatchability, growth rate, carcass quality, feed efficiency, and livability. |
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| color, comb type, abnormalities, sex-linked characteristics. |
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| egg production, egg characteristics, growth, fertility, hatchability. |
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| Best performing males mated to best performing females. |
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| Family Selection Breeding |
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| All offspring from particular mating considered a family. Selection and culling based on performance of entire family. |
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| Mating unrelated breeds or strains. |
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| Used largely for increasing egg production. Often brother and sister; sometimes parents and offspring. |
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| Develop an inbred line to exhibit hybrid vigor: increase in growth, intelligence, yield or other characteristics. |
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| Cross two strains that possess similar egg production traits. |
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| Primary Management Protocols |
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| Access to water and food, limit stress, and control disease. |
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| The most important element in poultry feed. |
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| Protein derived from both plants and animals. |
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| The two most important factors in production. |
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| Proper nutrition and light cycles. |
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| Poultry meat and egg products are _______________ compared to other meat sources. |
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| What factors determine broiler grade quality? |
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| Grades A, B and C are determined by quality of the carcass including any deformities, must be free of pinfeathers, no exposed flesh and/or broken bones, no skin discolorations or defects from handling. |
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| Egg grades are determined by what factors? |
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| Grades AA, A and B depend on exterior quality factors such as cleanliness of shell, soundness (cracks?), and shape. Interior quality factors such as albumen thickness, condition of yolk, size and condition of air cell, abnormalities such as blood spots or meat spots. |
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| Group of birds developed in same geographic area. |
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| American, Asiatic, English, and Mediterranean. |
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| Subdivision of a class made up of birds of similar size and shape. |
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| Chicken Variety. (Define) |
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| Subdivision of a breed composed of birds of the same feather color and type of comb. |
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| Hen kept for egg production |
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| Adult female domestic fowl (Chicken or Turkey) |
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| young castrated male Chicken |
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| The term poultry applies to... |
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| Chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, peafowl, and guineas. |
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