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An illustration of the ideal Black Java rooster in the American Standard of Perfection cir. 1905. The Java is a breed of chicken originating in the United States. Despite the breed's name, a reference to the island of Java, it was developed in the U.S. from chickens of unknown Asian extraction. It is one of the oldest American chickens, forming ...
The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America, [3] is a mid-sized diving duck, larger than the closely related lesser scaup and tufted duck. It spends the summer months breeding in Iceland , east across Scandinavia , northern Russia and Siberia , Alaska , and northern Canada .
Smithfield Foods hog CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013. In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1,000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year.
Factory farms are a popular way to gain space, with animals such as chickens being kept in spaces smaller than an A4 page. [ 69 ] For example, in the UK, debeaking of chickens is deprecated , but it is recognized that it is a method of last resort, seen as better than allowing vicious fighting and ultimately cannibalism .
Scaup is the common name for three species of diving duck: Greater scaup, or just "scaup", Aythya marila; Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis;
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
A free range pastured chicken system. Pastured poultry also known as pasture-raised poultry or pasture raised eggs is a sustainable agriculture technique that calls for the raising of laying chickens, meat chickens (broilers), guinea fowl, and/or turkeys on pasture, as opposed to indoor confinement like in battery cage hens or in some cage-free and 'free range' setups with limited "access ...
The Greater Scaup is 20 per cent heavier and 10 per cent longer than the closely related Lesser Scaup], Sentence order, this "breaks" into the middle of your dialog on male characteristics. I moved the sentence in question to before the description of the drake, so it is now right after wingspan and weight sentence.--