The document discusses selecting and purchasing poultry and game. It defines poultry as domesticated birds raised for meat and/or eggs, including chicken, turkey, ducks, pigeons, and quail. Game refers to birds hunted for food. The document then classifies different types of poultry by their uses and meat qualities. It describes classifications for chickens including roasters, broilers/fryers, and capons based on their age and characteristics. The document concludes by providing tips for selecting good quality live poultry and game.

1. Selecting and Purchasing Poultry and game

2. Poultry consumption in the Philippines has increased
remarkably in the last decade. This is evident in the
popularity of chicken dishes in restaurants all over the
country.

3. Poultry refers to several kinds of fowl that are used as
food and the term includes chicken,turkey
,ducks,pigeon, and quail.These are usually
domesticated raised mainly for meat and/or eggs. Birds
such as smites that are hunted for food are games.

4. Classification of Poultry and Game
Bird Uses
Chicken
Duck
Turkey
Goose
Quail
Pigeon
Meat,eggs
Meat,eggs feathers
Meat
Meat,feather,eggs
Meat,eggs
Meat

5. Guinea fowl
Wild duck
Pheasant
Meat
Meat,feather
Meat

6. Classificastion of chicken
Chickens and other poultry may be divided into classes
which are essentially of the same physical characteristics
associated with age,sex, live weight and /or breed.

7. Roaster
Broiler or fryer Capon

8. Roaster
Broiler or fryer
Capon
A Broiler or Fryer is young chicken ,usually
9 to 12 weeks of age , of either sex, is
tender –meat with soft ,pliable, smooth-
textured of age.

9. Roaster
Broiler or fryer Capon
A Roaster is usually 5 to 6 months of
age.

10. Roaster
Broiler or fryer
Capon
A Capon is surgically desexxed male
chicken usually under 8 months of age.

11. Hen or stewing
chicken
Stag
Cock or
Rooster
A Stag is a male chicken,usually under 10
months of age,with coarse skin ,with
somewhat toughened and darkened flesh.

12. Hen or Stewing chicken
Stag Cock or Rooste
It is a mature female chicken which is
usually more than 10 months of age. It
can be a culled layer.

13. Hen stewing
chicken
Stag
Cock or
Rooster
It is a mature male chicken with coarse
skin,toughened and darkened meat and
hardened breastbone tip.

14. Jumbo broiler
This is large chicken about 4kg. Dressed weight which are on sale especially
during the Christmas holiday.

15. Otherpoultry

16. Otherpoultry
Peking duck. This is breed of duck that originated from china and
is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.
Peking duck. This is breed of duck that originated from china and
is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.

17. Otherpoultry
Peking duck. This is breed of duck that originated from china and
is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.
Peking duck. This is breed of duck that originated from China and
is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.
Duck or itik is available and popular in many towns of rizal as friend
itik.
Duck or itik is available and popular in many towns of rizal as friend
itik.

18. Otherpoultry
Peking duck. This is breed of duck that originated from china and
is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.
Peking duck. This is breed of duck that originated from china and
is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.
Duck or itik is available and popular in many towns of rizal as friend
itik.
Duck or itik is available and popular in many towns of rizal as friend
itik.
Squab. This is a young immature pigeon of either sex and has extra tender
meat.
Squab. This is a young immature pigeon of either sex and has extra tender
meat.

19. Selecting Good Quality Poultry and Game
1. Live Poultry
A. Its has clear eyes.
B. A young chicken has fine and soft feet. If it is old. The feet are
thick and scaly.
C. The bone at the tip of the breast is soft in younger chicken
and thick in older one.
D. Small feather indicate that the chicken is young.