DIFFERENT BREEDS OF

CHICKENS UTILITY/PURPOSES
-Gallus gallus (Red jungle fowl) -kept by humans for their meat
- is a tropical bird in the and eggs
family Phasianidae. It ranges across much
of Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
Red junglefowl are the primary ancestor of
the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus
domesticus); the grey junglefowl, Sri
Lankan junglefowl and green
junglefowl have also contributed genetic
materials to the gene pool of the chicken.

-Leghorn -Leghorn chickens are most

-is a breed of chicken originating popular for a dual purpose. They
in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were first are a productive egg layer,
exported to North America in 1828 from the producing between 280-
Tuscan port city of Livorno, on the western 320 eggs each year, they are a
coast of Italy. They were initially called decent meat bird, and also make a
"Italians", but by 1865 the breed was known sprightly garden pal!
as "Leghorn", the traditional anglicisation of
"Livorno". The breed was introduced to
Britain from the United States in
1870. White Leghorns are commonly used
as layer chickens in many countries of the
world. Other Leghorn varieties are less
common.
-White Rocks - It is a dual-purpose breed,
-are outstanding for egg production the raised both for its meat and for its
entire year. A great American poultry brown eggs. It is resistant to cold,
heritage chicken breed. easy to manage, and a good sitter.
 -Clarets -Humans keep chickens primarily
-Gamefowl breeders of the old guard are as a source of food (consuming
raised on the premise that if a rooster can’t both their meat and eggs) and,
fight and win as pure stock, they can’t less commonly, as pets.
fight even if they are crossed. Most
breeder who keep the blood line keep they
clarets pure.

-Rhode Island Red -The Rhode Island Red was

-is an American breed of domestic chicken.
It is the state bird of Rhode Island.[2]:70 It
was developed there and in Massachusetts in
the late nineteenth century, by cross-
breeding birds of Oriental origin such as
the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from
Italy. It was a dual-purpose breed, raised
both for meat and for eggs; modern strains
have been bred for their egg-laying abilities.
The traditional non-industrial strains of the
Rhode Island Red are listed as "watch"
(medium conservation priority, between
"recovering" and "threatened") by The
Livestock Conservancy.
developed as a dual-purpose
breed, to provide both meat and
eggs. Since about 1940, it has
been selectivelybred predominant
ly for egg-laying qualities, and
the modern industrial Rhode
Island Red is a layer breed.
Rhode Island Reds have been
used in the creation of many
modern hybrid breeds, mainly
due to the prolific egg laying
abilities of the Rhode Island Red

DIFFERENT BREEDS OF
DUCKS
-Pekin Duck
-Pekin duck is also known by some other
names, such as the American Pekin
duck or Long Island duck. Sometimes they
are wrongly written as Peking ducks. The
breed was brought to the Western World
in the middle of 1800s.
-The Pekin duck is now the most
admired commercial meat duck
breed in the United States. Their
egg laying ability and fine meat
quality made them the first choice
of the American duck farmers.
Today the Pekin duck is very
popular and available throughout
the world.
 -Native Duck
-commonly called itik, smaller than
imported breed of ducks.
-provides income to farmers
through egg and meat production
in the Philippines. It is raised in the
country for its products such as
balut (boiled embryonated egg)
and salted egg.

-Muscovy Duck/Pato -It is bred

- is a domesticated form of the for meat, feathers and eggs,
wild Muscovy duck that originated as pets and sometimes as guard
in South America. animals.

DIFFERENT BREEDS
OF GOOSE
-Chinese Goose - among the better laying breeds of
-is a breed of domesticated goose. A female Chinese goose can lay
goose descended from the wild swan 50–60 eggs over the course of the
goose. Chinese geese differ from the breeding season (February to June),
wild birds in much larger size (up to although there are reports of Chinese
5–10 kg in males, 4–9 kg in females), geese laying up to 100 eggs during that
and in having an often strongly time.
developed basal knob on the upper
side of the bill. The knob at the top of
the beak is more prominent on males
than females. It takes several months
for the knob to become pronounced
enough that it can be used for
determining sex. Chinese geese are a
close cousin of the African goose, a
heavier breed also descended from the
swan goose.
 DIFFERENT BREEDS
OF TURKEYS
-Black Turkey -Turkeys were first used for meat by
-is a breed of domestic turkey. The Native Americans by about AD 1100.
Black was developed in Europe from Compared to wild turkeys, domestic
the Aztec turkeys originally brought turkeys are selectively bred to grow
from Mexico by Spanish explorers. larger in size for their meat. Americans
[1][2] Despite the monikers of often eat turkey on special occasions
“Spanish and “Norfolk” (England), such as at Thanksgiving or Christmas.
birds of this type live in many
European nations. Originally, black
colored turkeys were a relative rarity
among New World flocks, but
Europeans heavily selected for this
trait until it became predominant

MODULE 1
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

1. Familiarize the scientific names of poultry species.