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Spotted
-Ohio-Ears are droopy-No less than 20% or more than 8% white-Known for feed its efficiency-rate of gain and Caracas quality-productivity and durability and docility in females
Other info: Origin - Developed in U.S. in Putnam and Hendricks Counties of Indiana. Color - Black with white spots, or white with black spots. Ears - Medium sized and drooping. -
southdown
England
well suited to farm flock production
gray face with white body
wooly legs and faces
adapted to wet conditions
smaller in stature, more docile and easy -
Shorthorn
its from England England
colors are Red; Red and white or roan
The purpose breed for meat and milk
Durham breed -
Lincoin
FROM England
-Largest breeds
-Longest, shiniest and thickest fleeces
-White faces
-Forelock between ears
-Ears point forward -
Merino
Australia
Wool breed
Amazing sheep
White face and legs
Most popular in australia
High quality wool used for textiles -
Duroc
this pig is awesome its the 2 recorded breed in U.S.
New York/ New Jersey (Pure breed)-Cherry red
-Known for product quality and Caracas yield
-Fast growth and lean gain efficiency
-Proficiency and longevity in female line -
Chester White
Pennsylvania
Ears= droopy (medium sized)
White with blue freckles-known for mothering ability
-general durability and soundness -
Poland China
-Ohio-Ears droopy-black with black and white points-known for large frame-length and body-leanness and muscle
-excellent feeders
-more quiet other info: The Poland China is an American breed of domestic pig. It was first bred in Warren County in Ohio, in the American Midwest. Its origins lie in a small number of pigs of Chinese type bought in 1816, which were cross-bred with a variety of breeds of European origin including the Berkshire. -
Hereford
-Hereford, England-Red with white head, legs, and underline-Horned-Early Maturing-"Mothering Breed"
other info: The Hereford is a British breed of beef cattle originally from Herefordshire in the West Midlands of England. It has spread to many countries – there are more than five million purebred Hereford cattle in over fifty nations worldwide. The breed was first exported from Britain in 1817, initially to Kentucky
-Hereford, England-Red with white head, legs, and underline-Horned-Early -
Cornish Rock
-Hefty bird with closely knit feathers
-mix/match feathers (green, brown, blue)-Slow growth rate
-Heavily muscled and broad breasted-English orgins fiesty bird with black feathers good animal to have on a farm!
other info: Cornish Rocks were developed in the 1950's from a cross between Cornish and White Plymouth Rocks for white plumage and efficient meat production. Cornish Rock chicks are light yellow in color with clean yellow feet and legs and a single comb. -
Texas Longhorn
-Developed entirely by nature in North America-Long Horns
-High Fertility-Were near extinction
other info: The Texas Longhorn is an breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft from tip to tip. It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadores from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512 -
Berkshire
Berkshire, breed of domestic pig originating in England, where in the early 19th century the name “Berkshire” became synonymous with improved pig strains of differing origin and type. Hogs imported from East Asia figured prominently in the improvement of varieties native to the region. -3rd most recorded in U.S.
-England
-Black with black and white points
-Ears= erect
-known for fast and efficient growth
-Reproductive efficiency
-cleanliness
-meat flavor and value
-short snout -
Hampshire
OREOOOO
The Hampshire breed is possibly the oldest, early-American breed of hogs in existence today. The Hampshire hog as we know it today, originated in southern Scotland and Northern England. These pigs were known as the "Old English Breed".
-4th most recorded breed un U.S.
-The hog with the "Belt"
-Kentucky
-Ears= erect
-Black with white belt
-Known for producing lean muscle
-High Caracas quality
-Minimal back fat
-large loin eyes
-great mothering ability and longevity -
White Plymouth Rock
White Plymouth Rocks were white sports of the Barred variety, other strains trace their ancestry to other white fowls. Buff Plymouth Rocks originated in Rhode Island, not far from Fall River, Massachusetts, and were first exhibited as Golden Buffs. -American
-White feathered large hen
-United States
-Brown eggs
-Not as efficient as leghorn -
Yorkshire
The Yorkshire breed was developed in England in the county of York. Later the name was changed to "English Large White" but it is known as Yorkshire throughout most of the rest of the world. There are three types of hogs referred to as the Yorkshire: the large, the middle and the small types.
-#1 recorded breed in U.S.
-England
-Ears= erect
-White
-Known for muscles, lean meat, and low back fat
-Soundness and durability and mothering
-Large litters -
Cochin
The Cochin is a breed of large domestic chicken. It derives from large feather-legged chickens brought from China to Europe and North America in the 1840s and 1850s. It is reared principally for exhibition. It was formerly known as Cochin-China.
-Asiatic
-Massive appearance with breast carried low
-China
-Long feathering and abundant feathered shanks
- Different varieties ( buff, partridge, white, black) -
Rambouillet
Rambouillet, breed of sheep, developed from selections of a few hundred of the best Merino sheep of Spain in 1786 and 1799 by the French government at its national sheepfold at Rambouillet, France. -Spain
-France in 1801
-White face and wooly legs
-foundational sheep for U.S. sheep industry
-long breeding period -
Oxford
other info:
Oxford sheep are named after its home region of Oxfordshire, England. It was developed in the 1830s by crossing Hampshires from the county to the east with Cotswolds from the west. what u need:
-England
-2nd largest
-meat type
-forage for food
-white with black ears and bridge of nose
-wooly legs and full topknot -
Brahman
The Brahman breed (also known as Brahma) originated from Bos indicus cattle from India, the "sacred cattle of India".-India
-Able to survive on very little, poor feed
-Insect and heat resistant
-Excess skin and large hump on back
-White to gray, or red to black
-Sweat glands -
Leghorn
The Leghorn is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were first exported to North America in 1828 from the port city of Livorno, on the western coast of Tuscany. They were initially called "Italians", but by 1865 the breed was known as "Leghorn", the traditional anglicisation of "Livorno".
-Mediterranean
-Most abundant egg laying breed
-Italy
-White feathered, small hens
-Large, white eggs
-Commercial egg production -
Hampshire
The Hampshire is one of the Down breeds that originated in Hampshire County, England. During the 18th century Southdown rams were crossed with local horned sheep. Fixed as a breed in 1889, it was exported to Canada at the turn of the century and has remained one of the consistently popular breeds in the industry.-Hampshire England
-Blackfaced and legged
-Mild demenor
-unbroken wool cap over the forehead
-primarily for meat
-large breed of sheep -
Barred Plymouth Rock
Breed: The Plymouth Rock chicken is most commonly known in the original Barred variety, also known as the Barred Rock chicken. Origin: Developed in New England (United States) in the late nineteenth century, primarily from Dominique and Asiatic fowl.-American
-"Barred" referred to the
-Feathers have dark defined lines
-Large bodied
-Brown eggs
-Mid meat and eggs -
Wyandotte
The Wyandotte is a beautiful and useful chicken breed that was named after a Native American tribe prevalent in parts of upstate New York and Ontario, Canada. -American
-Round bodied
-United States
-Several varieties (white, buff, silver-laced, columbian, black, etc.)
-Brown eggs
-Not as efficient in meat or egg production -
Angus
The Angus breed originated in Scotland from groups of closely related cattle breeds native to the shires of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Angus. The existence of these breeds goes back over 1000 years. First Australian imports were into Tasmania in the early 1820s and to the Darling Downs in Queensland in 1840. -Originated in Scottland
-Solid black color
-No horns
-Consumer preference led to Certified Angus Beef -
Tamworth
The Tamworth originated in Ireland where they were called "The Irish Grazer". About the year 1812 it is said that Sir Robert Peel, being impressed with the characteristics of them, imported some of them and started to breed them on his estate at Tamworth, England.
-Ireland
-Ears Erect
-Red
-Known for slow to mature
-Bacon
-Dual Purpose Breed
-Long and Lean -
Minorca
The Minorca, Catalan: Gallina de Menorca, Spanish: Menorquina, is a breed of domestic chicken originating in the Mediterranean island of Menorca, in the Balearic Islands to the south-east of Spain.-Mediterranean
-Chalk white eggs
-very large eggs
-Large framed and great for foraging
-largest chicken in Mediterranean class
-dry meat -
Dorset
Dorset derives its name from the county town of Dorchester. The Romans established the settlement in the 1st century and named it Durnovaria which was a Latinised version of a Common Brittonic word possibly meaning "place with fist-sized pebbles" -
Suffolk
-England
-Crossed the southdown and northfolk sheep
-most popular in U.S.
-Largest
-meat breed
-white with black faces and legs
-rapid growth -
Landrace
-5th most recorded in the U.S.
-Denmark
-Ears Droopy
-White
-Known for "American Sow Herd"
-Heavy milkers and farrow large piglets
The Landrace breed was developed in Denmark by crossing the native pig with the Large White
-Length of body
-High percent of Caracas weight in ham and loin -
Jacob
Jacob sheep have been raised in England for over 350 years, however their origin is unknown. They were imported to North America in the mid 1900's from England. They are typically raised in a farm environment. -England
-Long wooled
-White faces
-Pronounced forelock between ears
-2-4 horns
-black spots -
Polled Hereford
-Iowa
-Hornless
-Red with white face, legs, and underline
Origin. The Poll Hereford was first developed in significant numbers by Hereford breeders in the USA. The breeders (from the Mid-West) saw benefits in a hornless breed, so naturally occurring 'hornless' Herefords were selected and bred. By 1907 there were sufficient numbers to establish the first Poll Hereford register -
Columbia
Origin - Developed by the U.S.D.A in Laramie, Wyoming. Original cross was between a Lincoln Ram and Rambouillet Ewe designed for the western range. -Rambouillet and Lincoln
-western ranges
-medium wool and lots of meat
-pink nose and white hooves -
Corriedale
-NZ and Australia
-Dual Purpose
-bulky dense wool
-popular in south america
-black nose and hooves
-oldest sheep The Corriedale is a New Zealand breed of sheep. It was bred from about 1882 in the South Island by James Little, who cross-bred Merino and Lincoln Longwool sheep -
Santa Gertrudis
The Santa Gertrudis is an American breed of beef cattle. It is a taurine-indicine hybrid breed, descended from both zebu and European cattle.-King Ranch
-Descendants of the bull, Monkey
-Shorthorn and Brahman -
Charolais
-France
-Traditionaly white
-Long bodied, large cattle
-Heavily muscled
-coarse lookingThe Charolais or Charolaise is a French breed of taurine beef cattle. It originates in, and is named for, the Charolais area surrounding Charolles, in the Saône-et-Loire department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France -
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Red or New Hampshire is an American breed of chicken. It was developed in the early twentieth century in the state of New Hampshire by selective breeding of Rhode Island Red stock;-American
-Red feathered
-New Hampshire U.S.
-Heavy bodied
-Large brown eggs
-Not as efficient in meat or egg production -
Cheviot
-Scottland
-Resistant to cold and wind
-White, wool free faces
-long wool type
-Helical crimp -
Cornish cross
-Cross of white Cornish and white Plymouth Rock
-England
-White feathers
-Heavy musculature and broad breasted -
Rhode island Red
-American
-Long rectangular bodied
-Popular backyard chicken
-Deep red feathers
-Brown eggs
-Mid eggs and meat -
Maine Anjou
-France
-Dark red with white or black markings
-Developed by crossing the Mancelle breed with ShorthornThe Maine-Anjou is a French breed of domestic cattle, raised mainly in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France most people use them for the beef. -
Simmental
The Simmental or Swiss Fleckvieh is a Swiss breed of dual-purpose cattle. It is named after the Simmental – the valley of the Simme river
-Switzerland
-Oldest breed
-Large and powerful
-Orange/yellow and White and black -
Gelbvien
-Germany
-Red
-Noted for superior fertility and mothering ability
-Tend to be extra fleshy under their throat Gelbvieh is a cattle breed originating in several Franconian districts of Bavaria, Germany in the mid-eighteenth century. It was originally a triple-purpose breed, used for milk, beef and draught power; the modern Gelbvieh is primarily used for beef production -
Salers
The Salers is a breed of cattle which originated in Cantal in the Massif Central of France. They are a large breed, with the female weighing between 700 and 750 kg and standing 1.40 m tall. -France
-Fastest growing breed in U.S.
-Mahogany red to black
-One of the last breeds to be imported to U.S. -
Catalana
The Catalana, Catalan: Pota Blava, Spanish: Gallina del Prat or Catalana del Prat, is a Spanish breed of domestic chicken. It originates in the area of El Prat de Llobregat in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, in Catalonia in eastern Spain.-Mediterranean
-Medium white eggs
-White earlobes
-Large combs that flop over