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Examples
Bird
Wild ancestor
Domestication
Killed or used for
Chicken
Red Junglefowl
Southeast Asia
meat, feathers, eggs, ornamentation
Duck
Mallard/Muscovy Duck
various
meat, feathers, eggs
Emu
Emu
various, 20th century
meat, leather, oil
Goose
Greylag Goose/Swan Goose
various
meat, feathers, eggs
Indian peafowl
Indian Peafowl
various
meat, feathers, ornamentation, landscaping
Mute swan
Mute Swan
various
feathers, eggs, landscaping
Ostrich
Ostrich
various, 20th century
meat, feathers, leather
Turkey
Wild Turkey
Mexico
meat, feathers
Domesticated guineafowl
Helmeted guineafowl
Africa
meat, pest consumption, and alarm calling
Common pheasant
Common pheasant
Eurasia
meat
Golden pheasant
Golden pheasant
Eurasia
meat, mainly ornamental
Rhea
Rhea
various, 20th century
meat, leather, oil, eggs
Cuts of poultry
Cuts from a skinned chicken.
The meatiest parts of a bird are the flight muscles on its chest, called breast meat, and the walking muscles on the first and second segments of its legs, called the thigh and drumstick, respectively.
White meat has less oxygen-carrying myoglobin than the dark meat, and is thus lighter in color. Dark meat comes from muscles more heavily exercised, which therefore have more fat stored in them. This accounts for dark meat’s reputation as being both unhealthier and more flavorful than white meat. Birds that fly rarely (domestic turkey) or sporadically (chicken) have white meat breasts, and birds that fly frequently or long distances (ducks, geese and doves) have dark meat breasts. Quail breast meat is intermediate in color. In Africa, it is typical to eat the chicken while it is still alive. Although, many areas in Africa are known for their frying method when preparing any type of poultry.
See also
Amenable species
Oyster (fowl)
Poultry farming
Pollotarianism
Food portal
External links
Information on Poultry Diseases
PoultryCast podcast
PoultryHub.org is a wiki-based collaborative resource centre where people share information about poultry
The Poultry Guide – A to Z and FAQs
World Poultry.net – all you need to know about poultry
ChickenCrossing.Org – Information,discussion, links about chickens & other poultry
Poultry.ie – Irish Poultry Community and Information Source
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