CHAPTER 2

Breeds And Breeding

Chickens are raised for a number of reasons
such as for egg production, meat production,
egg and meat production combined and
maybe for show purposes.
Most of the breeds of chicken however are
used in the production of commercial chicks
either egg type or meat type.
Breeds and Strains of Poultry
Poultry are divided into:
 Breeders
 Types
 Varieties
 Classes
What is Strain?
Population originating from small number of
individuals
Isolated within the breed
Reproduces itself with particularly well-established
characteristics
Giving rise to a well-defined aptitudes
Types of Chicken
1. Egg Type (for table Egg Production)
Leghorns
Minorca
Ancona

 The most popular in the Philippines is the Single Comb

White Leghorn.
2. Meat Type/ Broilers:
Plymouth Rock Partridge

White Wyandotte Cochins

Cornish Vantress

Orpington
3. Dual Purpose (Egg and Meat)
Rhode Island Red New Hampshire

Plymouth Rock
Classes of Chicken
1. American Class- are clean-legged (without feathers