Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Horses are considered livestock in the United States. [2] The USDA classifies pork, veal, beef, and lamb as livestock, and all livestock as red meat. Poultry and fish are not included in the category. [3] The latter is likely due to the fact that fish products are not governed by the USDA, but by the FDA.
Poultry of the world (c. 1868) Poultry (/ ˈ p oʊ l t r i /) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers. [1] The practice of raising poultry is known as poultry farming.
Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets [1] or for cockfighting. Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 26.5 billion as of 2023, and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds. A hen bred for laying can produce over 300 eggs per year.
In order to be considered fully domesticated, most species have undergone significant genetic, behavioural and morphological changes from their wild ancestors, while others have changed very little from their wild ancestors despite hundreds or thousands of years of potential selective breeding. A number of factors determine how quickly any ...
The breeding of farm animals seldom occurs spontaneously but is managed by farmers with a view to encouraging traits seen as desirable. These include hardiness, fertility, docility, mothering abilities, fast growth rates, low feed consumption per unit of growth, better body proportions, higher yields, and better fibre qualities.
Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chickens are killed for consumption annually.
The chicken was very greasy, mushy, and much too juicy for my taste. Every piece, whether it was a thigh, leg, or even wing, was dripping with juices. But it wasn't the succulent chicken I ...
Chickens remained primarily to provide eggs, mostly to the farmer (subsistence agriculture), with commercialization still largely unexplored. Farm flocks tended to be small because the hens largely fed themselves through foraging, with some supplementation of grain, scraps, and waste products from other farm ventures. Such feedstuffs were in ...