Farm Animals Which animals live on a farm? Why are farm animals important? Let’s learn!
Project on Farm Animals
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My Project
on Farm
Animals
Done by: Renne Taylor
Grade: 7-6
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Acknowledgment
While doing this project, they were couple adjustments and suggestions doneto make it detailed, creative and legible as possible. Special thanks go to
Tiffany Daley for assisting and making sure it was done properly for the reader
and also assembling the information and pictures in their most respectful
positions and also special thanks to the source wikidpedia.
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Introduction
In this project, you will see vivid pictures of farm animals including the insideof their body labelled correctly and also necessary and important information
are present about the five different types of animals used for farming.
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Chicken
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic
animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more
chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens
primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.
Picture showing different types of chicken.
Chickens are omnivores.[9] In the wild, they often scratch at the soil to search
for seeds, insects and even larger animals such as lizards or young mice.[10]
The adult rooster can be distinguished from the hen by his larger comb
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Chickens may live for five to ten years, depending on the breed. The world's
oldest chicken, a hen, died of heart failure at the age of 16 according to the
Guinness Book of World Records.[12]
Roosters can usually be differentiated from hens by their striking plumage of
long flowing tails and shiny, pointed feathers on their necks (hackles) and
backs (saddle) which are typically of brighter, bolder colors than those of
females of the same species. However, in some breeds, such as the Sebright,
the rooster has only slightly pointed neck feathers, the same color as the hen's.
The identification must be made by looking at the comb, or eventually from the
development of spurs on the male's legs (in a few breeds and in certain hybrids
the male and female chicks may be differentiated by color). Adult chickens
have a fleshy crest on their heads called a comb or cockscomb, and hanging
flaps of skin either side under their beaks called wattles. Both the adult male
and female have wattles and combs, but in most breeds these are more
prominent in males. A muff or beard is a mutation found in several chicken
breeds which causes extra feathering under the chicken's face, giving the
appearance of a beard. Domestic chickens are not capable of long distance
flight, although lighter birds are generally capable of flying for short distances,
such as over fences or into trees (where they would naturally roost). Chickens
may occasionally fly briefly to explore their surroundings, but generally do so
only to flee perceived danger.
Poultry farming
More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food,
for both their meat and their eggs.The vast majority of poultry are raised
using intensive farming techniques. According to the Worldwatch
Institute, 74 percent of the world's poultry meat, and 68 percent of eggs
are produced this way. One alternative to intensive poultry farming is
free range farming.
Chickens reared for meat Chickens farmed for meat are called broiler chickens. Chickens will
naturally live for 6 or more years, but broiler chickens typically take less
than 6 weeks to reach slaughter size. A free range or organic meat
chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks of age.
Chickens reared for eggs
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Chickens farmed for eggs are called egg-laying hens. In total, the UK
alone consumes over 29 million eggs per day. Some hen breeds can
produce over 300 eggs per year. After 12 months of laying, the
commercial hen's egg-laying ability starts to decline to the point where
the flock is unviable. Hens, particularly from battery cage systems, are
sometimes infirm, have lost a significant amount of their feathers, and
their life expectancy has been reduced from around 7 years to less than
2 years.[25] In the UK and Europe, laying hens are then slaughtered and
used in processed foods, or sold as "soup hens".[25] In some other
countries, flocks are sometimes force moulted, rather than being
slaughtered, to reinvigorate egg-laying.
The Different Parts of a chicken
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Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of
even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild
boar, and several other wild relatives. Pigs are omnivores and are highly
social and intelligent animals.
In this picture it shows a two day old piglet.
Description and behaviour A typical pig has a large head with a long snout which is strengthened by
a special prenasal bone and by a disk of cartilage at the tip.[1] The snout
is used to dig into the soil to find food and is a very acute sense organ.
There are four hoofed toes on each foot, with the two larger central toes
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bearing most of the weight, but the outer two also being used in soft
ground.
The dental formula of adult pigs is , giving a total of 44 teeth. The rear
teeth are adapted for crushing. In the male the canine teeth form tusks,
which grow continuously and are sharpened by constantly being ground
against each other.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Genus: Sus
Linnaeus, 1758
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Labelled Diagram of a pig
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SheepSheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as
livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order
Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies
to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always
refers to Ovis aries. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep
are also the most numerous species of sheep.
Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and
Asia. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural
purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and
milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by shearing. Ovine meat is called lamb when from younger
animals and mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be
important for wool and meat today, and a
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re also
occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals, or as model organisms forscience.
Conservation status
Domesticated
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Ovis
Species: O. aries
Labelled diagram of the
sheep
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Goat The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat
domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the
sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are
over three hundred distinct breeds of goat.
Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. Goats have been used
for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world. In the
twentieth century they also gained in popularity as pets.
Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males as bucks or
billies; their offspring are kids. Castrated males are wethers. Goat meat
from younger animals is called kid or cabrito, and from older animals is
simply known as goat or sometimes called chevon, or in some areas
mutton (which more often refers to adult sheep meat).
Conservation status
Domesticated
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capra
Species: C. aegagrus
Subspecies: C. a.
hircus
Labelled diagram of a goat
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RabbitRabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order
Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are eight differentgenera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 species),
and the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on
Amami Ōshima, Japan). There are many other species of rabbit, and
these, along with pikas and hares, make up the order Lagomorpha. The
male is called a buck and the female is a doe; a young rabbit is a kitten
or kit. The average sleep time of a captive rabbit is said to be 8.4 hours.
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Labelled diagram of the
rabbit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Chordata
Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
in part
Genera
Pentalagus Bunolagus
Nesolagus
Romerolagus
Brachylagus Sylvilagus
Oryctolagus
Poelagus
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