AY Honors/Poultry/Answer Key

1. Identify by description and from pictures at least five breeds of chickens such as:

a. Plymouth Rock (any color)

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b. Wyandotte (any color)

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c. Rhode Island Red

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d. Orpington (any color)

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e. Leghorn (any color)

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2. State orally or write a short paragraph regarding the egg-laying or meat-producing qualities of each breed.

These qualities are discussed in the answers for requirement 1.

3. Identify by description a Peking duck.

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4. Identify by description and from pictures three breeds of large domestic fowl such as the following turkeys:

a. Mammoth bronze turkey

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b. White Holland turkey

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c. Bourbon Red turkey

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5. Identify by description and from pictures two breeds of Domestic geese such as:

a. Toulouse goose

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b. Emden

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c. Chinese Geese

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d. Sebastopol Geese

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e. Cape Barren Goose

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