Poultry Breeds

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Across
  1. 4. Males are known as drakes
  2. 6. From Holland, lays large numbers of eggs longer in their lifetimes than most breeds
  3. 9. developed in Warren, Ohio by a women, extremely rare, and critically endangered
  4. 10. US. Dual purpose breed but chosen more for meat production. makes good mothers. Reddish buff color.
  5. 12. US. nine varieties. one of the most popular dual purpose breeds for homesteads. can produce 200 egg per year.
  6. 13. New Jersey, US. Largest size American breed
  7. 15. Barred variety is the more common. Cold hardy breed. excellent farm chicken known for hardiness.
  8. 16. oldest American breed thought to be brought over by the puritans. black and white bars cover the entire body.
  9. 18. Fly in a "V" formation, molt once a year after breeding season, and practice monogamous breeding
  10. 19. Shiny beetle-green color
  11. 21. Rome, Italy, has short 5 toed legs, famous for meat quality
  12. 23. US, unique pattern of black and white feathers. used mainly for show. can be used for pest control.
  13. 24. females are overall greenish black and they have no bantam counterpart
Down
  1. 1. Europe, solid, shiny greenish color, calm in nature
  2. 2. From Belgium, brought to US in 1893,plays a major role in the commercial production system
  3. 3. Leghorn, Italy. Came to US in 1835. eggs weight 55 grams. One of today's top producers in white egg production
  4. 5. From Cornwall England, stocky build, heavy muscular, most used bird in the meat industry
  5. 7. From United States, 3 color variations: black, mottled and white
  6. 8. US, 2 types: the Broad Breasted and the Standard. coppery bronze color. AI'd since 1960s, Dominated the commercial turkey industry for over 20 years
  7. 11. Europe, known as the Large White Breed, cross in the 1950s with the Broad Breasted Bronze to create the Broad Breasted White which is the most common turkey breed today
  8. 14. Sussex, England. Speckled, Red and Light. Dual purpose breed. suited best for meat consumption.
  9. 16. From Delaware, white with black on the neck and parts of the wings, grows quickly for broiler production
  10. 17. game bird treasured by hunters
  11. 19. Produces more than 250 eggs per year
  12. 20. from Ancona, Italy
  13. 22. Admitted into the American Poultry Association in 1874
  14. 23. Rhode Island/Massachusetts, US. Dual purpose breed but chosen more as an egg producer. Does well in hot and cold.