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Story: Poultry industry

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. History and early developments

  3. Poultry meat farming

  4. Growth of the egg industry

  5. Egg farming and production

  6. Food safety and animal welfare

  7. Industry structure

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - History and early developments

Early poultry

Early poultry

Backyard chickens

Backyard chickens (1st of 3)

Domestic chicken run

Domestic chicken run (2nd of 3)

School poultry

School poultry (3rd of 3)

White Leghorn

White Leghorn (1st of 5)

Silver and gold Campine

Silver and gold Campine (2nd of 5)

Black Minorca cockerel

Black Minorca cockerel (3rd of 5)

Orpington

Orpington (4th of 5)

Silver Wyandotte

Silver Wyandotte (5th of 5)

Egg incubator

Egg incubator

Chicken sexing

Chicken sexing

From page 2 - Poultry meat farming

Ross chickens

Ross chickens

Day-old chicks

Day-old chicks

Broiler chickens

Broiler chickens

Processing chickens

Processing chickens

Turkeys

Turkeys (1st of 5)

Ducks

Ducks (2nd of 5)

Guinea fowl

Guinea fowl (3rd of 5)

Geese

Geese (4th of 5)

Pheasant

Pheasant (5th of 5)

From page 3 - Growth of the egg industry

Poultry marketing bulletin

Poultry marketing bulletin

Champion layer

Champion layer

Chicken hatchery

Chicken hatchery

From page 4 - Egg farming and production

Caged hens

Caged hens

Housing hens

Housing hens

Barn-raised hens

Barn-raised hens

Candling

Candling

Coloured eggs

Coloured eggs

From page 5 - Food safety and animal welfare

No added hormones

No added hormones

Campylobacter poisoning

Campylobacter poisoning

Broiler chicken farms

Broiler chicken farms

From page 6 - Industry structure

On the shelf

On the shelf

Nutritional values of meat

Nutritional values of meat

A convenient food

A convenient food

Hot egg balloon

Hot egg balloon

How to cite this page:

Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/poultry-industry/media (accessed 21 May 2022)

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 24 Nov 2008

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