What kind of poultry do you have? Which of the twelve signs of the zodiac are poultry?

Poultry is actually people's domesticated birds, the most important role is edible value. Poultry can be said to be the most common type of farming. Although poultry is familiar to everyone, do you know what kind of poultry there are? Next, I'd like to introduce you.

1. Chicken

Domestic chicken is domesticated from the original chicken for a long time, and there are many varieties. Domestic chickens still maintain some biological characteristics of birds, such as being able to fly, are used to foraging around and are constantly moving. Sensitive hearing, keen eyesight during the day, with neurotic characteristics, a wide range of eating habits, with the help of eating sand and gravel to grind food.

2. Goose

Geese were domesticated by humans about three or four thousand years ago and are now domesticated all over the world. The goose has a long neck, broad body, long keel, plump chest, short tail, large webbed feet, grass, cold resistance, gregariousness and disease resistance. It grows fast and lives longer than other poultry. Living near ponds and other waters, good at swimming.

3. Duck

Ducks are one of the domesticated and raised poultry, but they are not as common as chickens. They have been raised for thousands of years. They may originate from Southeast Asia and are usually used for food or feathers as feathers.

4. Pigeon

Pigeon is the general name of hundreds of birds, widely raised all over the world, what we usually call pigeon is only one kind of pigeon and is domestic pigeon, and the most common domestic pigeon is carrier pigeon, which is mainly used for communication and flying.

5. Quail

Quails are now domesticated artificially, and wild quails generally live in plains, wastelands, streams, hills and hills with dense weeds or bushes, and sometimes live near arable land. Mainly eat weed seeds, legumes, grains and berries, tender leaves, buds, etc., eat a large number of insects and larvae in summer, as well as small invertebrates.

6. Peacock

Peacocks can now be called poultry. Wild peacocks live in hilly forests, dry semi-desertified grasslands, shrubs and deciduous forests, especially near water. They nest on the ground but inhabit trees and feed mainly on seeds, insects, fruits and small reptiles.

7. Swan

Swan refers to the birds of the wild goose family, belonging to wandering birds.

It can also be regarded as poultry now. Wild swans like to live in groups in lakes and swamps, feeding on aquatic plants, snails and molluscs. In China, in March and April every year, large groups of swans fly from the south to the north to lay eggs and breed in China's northern border provinces.

8. Turkey

Turkeys were first domesticated into poultry in Oaxaca, Mexico, and were imported into Europe at the end of the 15th century. They were introduced to China even later, and now they are still wild in southern North America. There are six subspecies of turkeys, and now the turkeys raised are mainly domesticated by the aborigines of Mexico.

These are the common poultry introduced above. The only poultry that belongs to the zodiac is the chicken. There are myths about chickens becoming the zodiac. It is said that at that time, the Jade Emperor's standard for the zodiac was only beasts, but there were no birds. The King of Chicken was so worried that he immediately flew to the Heavenly Palace to cry in front of the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor thought that the chicken vigil was never dereliction of duty, so he entered the zodiac.

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