Poultry

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Requirements

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

a. Plymouth Rock (any color)

b. Wyandotte (any color)

c. Rhode Island Red

d. Orpington (any color)

e. Leghorn (any color)

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

3. Identify by description a Peking duck.

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

a. Mammoth Bronze turkey

b. White Holland turkey

c. Bourbon Red turkey

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

a. Toulouse goose

b. Emden

c. Chinese Geese

d. Sebastopol Geese

e. Cape Barren Goose

6. Visit a poultry farm or Agricultural Fair and write a brief report on the various types of poultry observed.