Classification of Breeds, Varieties of chicken and their characteristics

1. Classification of Breeds, Varieties of chicken and their characteristics

2. Archaeopteryx • Fowl had its beginning 150 million years ago →Archaeopteryx in SE Asia

3. Biological order of the chicken • Kingdom Animalia • Sub-kingdom Metazoa • Phylum Chordata • Sub-phylum Vertebrata • Grade Triploblastica • Branch Gnathostomata • Class Avies

4. Sub-class Neornithes • Sub-division Carinatae • Order Gallinae • Family Phasianidae • Sub-family Phasianinae • Genus Gallus • Species Gallus domesticus • Sub species 1.Gallus gallus, 2.Gallus bankiva, 3. Gallus lafetey, 4. Gallus sonneritie

5. Ancestor of domestic chicken → SE Asia in 3200 BC. • Subjected to extensive breeding for size, colour, conformation and egg laying ability. • Like other birds it has a coating of feathers, no teeth, sock like appearance & legs with spur. • The very presence of the comb distinguishes it from other birds. • Fowl are having relatively high breathing rate, heart beat (400/min) and pulse rate. • The body temp. ranges from 105 -109 F.

6. There are types of comb in chicken

7. Plumage colour and design There are 13 common colours and designs, Most common are White, Buff, Blue, Black, Red. Barred, Spangled, Mottled, Laced, Crescentic pencil, Parallel pencil, stippled, stripped.

8. Basic of classification Fowls may be classified on the basis of utility, economic value and fancy purpose • Meat type • Egg type • Dual purpose • Game • Ornamental • Bantam

9. Classification • Characteristics American English Mediterranean Asiatic • Body size Medium Medium Light Massive • Purpose Dual Dual Egg Meat • Skin color Yellow White Yellow Yellow • Ear lobe colorRed Red White Red • Eggshell colorBrown Brown White Brown • shank Clean Clean Clean Feathers

10. Breeds • American:Plymouth Rock New hampshire Rhode Island Red Holland Delaware Dominique Jersy giant Java Chantecler Buck eye Wyndotte • English: Dorking Orpington Cornish Sussex Australorp Red Cap • Mediterranean: Leghorn Ancona Minorca Butter cups Spanish B.Andalusian Catalana • Asiatic: Brahmas Cochin Langshan Desi Aseel LSB

11. White Plymouth Rock

12. New Hampshire Red

13. Rhode Island Red • .

14. Jersey Giant

15. Dominiques

16. Buff Orpington

17. Australorp

18. White Laced Red Cornish Bantam

19. Dark Cornish

20. White Cornish

21. Sussex • .

22. White Leghorn Single Comb

23. White-Faced Black Spanish

24. Ancona

25. Andalusian • .

26. Brahamas • .

27. Other classes and their respective breeds • French: Houdans Crevecours Faverolles La fleche • Oriental: Malays Smatras Cubalayas • Continental: Campin Lakenvelders • Game: Old English Game Modern game • Polish: Polish • Hamburg: Hamburg • Bantam: Sebrigh Antverp Silkies Black tailed Japanese Miscellaneous: Sultans Frizzles Turkens Araucanas

28. Naked Neck Turken

29. Sumatra

30. Houdan

31. Crevecoeur

32. Faverolles

33. Araucanas

34. La Fleche

35. Black Tailed Japanese

36. Class: A group of standard breeds Mediterranean • Breed: Body size shape & structure Leghorn • Variety: Plumage colour & Comb type White Leghorn Single Comb • Strain: A specific chicken breeding stock Babcock, Nick chick, Hy-line

37. Leghorn Varieties: Single Comb Dark Brown Single Comb Light Brown Rose Comb Dark Brown Rose Comb Light Brown Single Comb White Rose Comb White Single Comb Buff Rose Comb Buff Single Comb Black Single Comb Silver Single Comb Red Single Comb Black Tailed Red Single Comb Columbian

38. Selection of a suitable breed or variety Specific objective of selecting the breed • Light weight:More economical, suitable for commercial egg production • Heavy weight :Meat type, poor layer, more suitable for commercial broiler production. WC× WPR • Medium weight :“Dual purpose breed”. Ideal for meat and egg production for household poultry.