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• poultry - a group of domestic fowl used as food
• poultry - one of the most popular food items all over the world
• poultry is the highest source if protein
• games - birds that are hunted and used as food
• chicken is the most consumed of all poultry
• poultry farming - one of the more profitable businesses just like livestock
• poultry has 22.6% protein, 76.3% water, and traces of fats, vitamins, and minerals
• dark muscles - found in those parts which are always used (legs, thighs, wings, neck, and rib cage)
• white muscles - found manly in the breast
• steps in slaughtering a chicken

  • slaughtering and bleeding
  • scalding
  • defeathering
  • eviscerations
• before slaughtering, the chicken is not fed one day
• slaughtering - performed by slitting the jugular vein in the chickens throat with a shark knife. the blood flows from the vein is caught in the bowl for about 2 to 3 minutes
• scalding - the bled chicken is dropped in the hot water for 30 to 60 seconds depending on the size of the bird.
• defeathering - picking the big feathers and rubbing on the body to remove tiny feathers.
• eviscerations - slitting the abdominal cavity, the entrails are removed.
• market forms of poultry

  • live poultry
  • whole poultry
  • dressed poultry
  • drawn poultry
  • poultry cuts
  • frozen
  • ready-to-cook
  • precooked
• whole poultry - all parts still intact but not alive
• dressed poultry - slaughtered bird that have been bled and defeathered
• drawn poultry - dressed poultry in which the internal organs have been removed and cleaned
• poultry cuts - parts of chicken that are cut and packed then sold frozen or fresh
• frozen - whole or chicken parts that are packed and frozen
• ready-to-cook - sold whole, split in halves, quartered without backbone
• precooked - breaded chiken nuggets, breaded chicken fillet, chicken roll,
• classes of poultry

  • broiler
  • roaster
  • capon
  • hen or stewing chicken
  • stag
  • rooster
  • jumbo broiler
• broiler - also called as fryer; nine to 12 weeks of age
• roaster -3-5 months of age
• capon - male chicken that has been desized surgically, under 8 months old
• hen or stwing chicken - mature female chickjne more than 10 months old
• stag - male chicken under 10 months old
• rooster - also known as cock; mature male chicken
• jumbo broiler - extra-large broilers about 4 kilos in weight