POULTRY

1.Breeds of Chicken.

2.Poultry Terms to Know.

3.Broiler Production.

CONTENTS

Types of poultry

• Chicken• Turkey• Ducks

• Game birds• Ratites-ostriches

There are several breeds of chicken used to produce

different products and types of eggs.

Breeds of Chicken

White Leghorns- Used for egg production and

produce white eggs

Barred Plymouth Rocks

- Used for meat and eggs, produce brown eggs

New Hampshire Reds

- Used for meat and eggs, produce brown eggs

White Plymouth Rocks

- Used for meat and eggs, produce brown eggs

Poultry Terms to Know

• Broiler- used mainly for meat. A broiler is a chicken is 6 to 7 weeks of age and weighs 4 pounds when it is sent to market.

• Layer-a mature female chicken that produces eggs. Most can lay 300 eggs/year

• Pullet- a young female chicken

• Capon- a male chicken that has been neutered/castrated, usually 5 to 7 months of age and weigh about 6 pounds. By castrating these males when they are 3 weeks old, their meat is more tender and more flavorful when the bird matures.

• Spent hen- a hen that is no longer laying

• Rooster/Cock- a mature male chicken

• Cockerel- a male chicken that is less than 1 year old

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