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1500
Spotted
-Ohio
-Ears= droopy
-No less than 20% or more than 8% white
-Known for feed efficiency
-rate of gain/ Caracas quality
-productivity and durability and docility in females -
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
-England
-Red; Red and white or roan
-Dual purpose breed for meat and milk
-Durham breed -
Lincoln
-England
-Largest breeds
-Longest, shiniest and thickest fleeces
-White faces
-Forelock between ears
-Ears point forward -
Merino
-Australia
-Wool breed
-White face and legs
-Most popular in australia
-High quality wool used for textiles -
Duroc
-2nd most 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 -
Hereford
-Hereford, England
-Red with white head, legs, and underline
-Horned
-Early Maturing
-"Mothering Breed" -
Texas Longhorn
-Developed entirely by nature in North America
-Long Horns
-High Fertility
-Were near extinction -
Cornish Rock
-Hefty bird with closely knit feathers
-mix/match feathers (green, brown, blue)
-Small brown eggs
-Slow growth rate
-Heavily muscled and broad breasted
-English -
Berkshire
-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
-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
-American
-White feathered large hen
-United States
-Brown eggs
-Not as efficient as leghorn -
Yorkshire
-#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
-Asiatic
-Massive appearance with breast carried low
-China
-Long feathering and abundant feathered shanks
- Different varieties ( buff, partridge, white, black) -
Oxford
-England
-2nd largest
-meat type
-forage for food
-white with black ears and bridge of nose
-wooly legs and full topknot -
Rambouillet
-Spain
-France in 1801
-White face and wooly legs
-foundational sheep for U.S. sheep industry
-long breeding period -
Leghorn
-Mediterranean
-Most abundant egg laying breed
-Italy
-White feathered, small hens
-Large, white eggs
-Commercial egg production -
Brahman
-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 -
Hampshire
-Hampshire England
-Blackfaced and legged
-Mild demenor
-unbroken wool cap over the forehead
-primarily for meat
-large breed of sheep -
Barred Plymouth Rock
-American
-"Barred" referred to the
-Feathers have dark defined lines
-Large bodied
-Brown eggs
-Mid meat and eggs -
Wyandotte
-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
-Originated in Scottland
-Solid black color
-No horns
-Consumer preference led to Certified Angus Beef -
Tamworth
-Ireland
-Ears= Erect
-Red
-Known for slow to mature
-Bacon
-Dual Purpose Breed
-Long and Lean -
Minorca
-Mediterranean
-Chalk white eggs
-very large eggs
-Large framed and great for foraging
-largest chicken in Mediterranean class
-dry meat -
Dorset
-Europe
-High quality white wool
-most popular white faced breed is U.S.
-Horned and polled
-Known for lambing -
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
-Length of body
-High percent of Caracas weight in ham and loin -
Jacob
-England
-Long wooled
-White faces
-Pronounced forelock between ears
-2-4 horns
-black spots -
Jacob
-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 -
Columbia
-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 -
Santa Gertrudis
-King Ranch
-Descendants of the bull, Monkey
-Shorthorn and Brahman -
Charolais
-France
-Traditionaly white
-Long bodied, large cattle
-Heavily muscled
-coarse looking -
New Hampshire
-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 -
Rhode Island Red
-American
-Long rectangular bodied
-Popular backyard chicken
-Deep red feathers
-Brown eggs
-Mid eggs and meat -
Cornish cross
-Cross of white Cornish and white Plymouth Rock
-England
-White feathers
-Heavy musculature and broad breasted -
Maine Anjou
-France
-Dark red with white or black markings
-Developed by crossing the Mancelle breed with Shorthorn -
Simmental
-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 -
Salers
-France
-Fastest growing breed in U.S.
-Mahogany red to black
-One of the last breeds to be imported to U.S. -
Catalana
-Mediterranean
-Medium white eggs
-White earlobes
-Large combs that flop over