Level: 2
Category: Nature
Year: 1928

Poultry

  1. Identify by description or from pictures at least five breeds of chickens such as:
    1. Plymouth Rock (any color)
    2. Wyandotte (any color)
    3. Rhode Island Red
    4. Orpington (any color)
    5. Leghorn (any color)
  2. State orally or write a short paragraph regarding the egg laying or meat producing qualities of each breed.
  3. Identify by description a Peking duck.
  4. Identify by description or from pictures three breeds of large domestic fowl such as the following turkeys:
    1. Mammoth Bronze turkey
    2. White Holland turkey
    3. Bourbon Red turkey
  5. Identify by description or from pictures two breeds of domestic geese such as:
    1. Toulouse goose
    2. Emden
    3. Chinese Geese
    4. Sebastopol Geese
    5. Cape Barren Goose
  6. Visit a poultry farm or agricultural fair and write a brief report on the various types of poultry observed.