science embryology: lesson 3: broiler chickens the big question: what are the two types of chickens...
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Science
Embryology:
Lesson 3:Broiler Chickens
The BIG Question:
What are the two types of chickens
and the differences between them?
POULTRY
The term poultry includes all the birds that may be raised on a farm. Turkeys, chickens, duck, geese, even quail are all included under the term poultry.
The chicken is by far the most important bird to humans. There are basically two kinds or types of chicken: broilers or fryers which are raised for meat and layerswhich are used to produce eggs.
Act 1
Will the real broiler chicken
please speak up?
Act 1
Seven Week Old Broiler Chicken
At 38 weeks old, I already weigh 2.249 kilograms. That’s just
about 5 pounds!
Will the real broiler chicken
please speak up?
Act 2
Eggs at a Hatchery
Incubators at large
hatcheries can hold
100,000 eggs at
one time!
Chicks Ready to be Shipped
Will the real broiler chicken
please speak up?
Act 3
Broiler House
Inside the Broiler House
Broilers get plenty of food…
…and water.
Will the real broiler chicken
please speak up?
Act 4
Inside the Broiler House
At the Processing Plant
At the Grocery Store
Will the real broiler chicken
please speak up?
Act 5
Will the real broiler chicken
please speak up?
Sum it up!
How do broiler chickens get from the farm to the
grocery store?
incubatorhatchery
Oneboxes broiler
95°Ffood
water
7-8
processingcleaned
grocery store