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• Poultry


  Domestic fowls, including chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks, raised for the production of meat or eggs and the flesh of these birds used as food
• Popularity of poultry raising

  • Poultry species are fast multipliers; they are quick growers & are considered to be relatively more efficient converter of feeds to meat & egg
  • Chicken is the most popular - It is a very good source of meat & eggs (animal proteins)
  • In the Philippines, the 2nd most popular poultry species is duck - (a very good source of eggs processed into balut, salted egg and century eggs)
  • Quail is the third most popular poultry species, which is noted for its eggs
• Current problems of the poultry Industry in the Philippines

  • High cost of production in relation to selling price that most consumer, particularly the low income group cant afford
  • High cost and unstable supply (availability) of good quality inputs
  • Marketing system – inefficiency of market system
  • lack of market information
  • unstable prices
  • poor grading standard for egg
  • Disease- for native chicken, ducks
  • Climate- El Niño, La Niña. Too hot weather, resulting to poor growth/efficiency; typhoons – predisposed to diseases
  • Insufficient financing
  • Lack of government price support for poultry product
• Species of Poultry


  • Chicken
  • Ducks (Mallard pekin, Mallard, Muscovy)
  • Turkey
  • Quail
  • Pigeon
  • Geese
  • Swan
  • Ostrich
  • Peafowl
  • Pheasant
  • Guinea fowl
• The Origin of the Chicken

  The exact ancestry of the present-day chicken is not known. It is believed that the present breeds and varieties descended from a common origin: the red jungle fowl. (Sc. Name: Gallus gallus) a native of Southeast Asia. Some investigators contend that there are three other species of jungle fowls that contributed to the kinds of chicken of today: Gallus sonnerati (gray jungle fowl), Gallus lafayetti (Ceylonese jungle fowl), Gallus varius (Javan jungle fowl).
• Classification of Breeds based on the Place of Origin

  • American Class
  • Asiatic Class
  • English Class
  • Mediterranean Class
• Asiatic Class


  • Brahma
  • Cochin
• English Class


  • Australorp
  • Cornish
  • Orpington
  • Sussex
• Mediterranean Class


  • Leghorn
  • Minorca
• Classification of Chicken Based on Utility and Purpose

  • Egg Class
  • Meat Class
  • General Purpose Class
  • Fancy Class
  • Fighting Class

  
• Egg Class


  • Leghorn
  • Minorcas
  • Anconas
  • Mikawa
• Fancy Class


  • Frizzle
  • Bantams
  • Long Tailed
• Fighting Class


  • Ruble
  • Hulsey
  • Claret
  • Oasis