11:067:142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Plymouth Rock Chicken, Junglefowl, Broiler Industry
29 Feb 2016
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About the size of a regular chicken. Roosters have larger comb, wattles, ear lobes, spurs, and body. Roosters also have sickles in tail and narrow, pointed hacker feathers. Source of farm income: brings in about billion in us. Broilers bring in most, eggs second, then turkey. Food source: inexpensive food source for high-quality protein. Most efficient converters of grain product into protein of land dwelling livestock: eggs. Essential amino acids, fatty acids, minerals and vitamins. Us is highest production, but kuwait is highest consumption. Industrial uses: fertile eggs used to produce vaccines . Something that has cells: inedible eggs used for animal feed, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, wine clarification, feathers used for pillows, insulation, fishing lures paints. 1900s-1940: egg production seasonal, broiler industry small: one chicken, 2 purposes meat and eggs. Late 1950s: mechanization led to decreased labor, larder flocks possible: vertical integration! Now: chickens for 2 purposes; meat production (broilers) and egg production.
