are quail classed as poultry?
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POULTRY refers to a group of domesticated birds kept for food (meat and/or eggs), fiber (feathers), entertainment (racing, exhibition, hunting, etc.) or work (messenger pigeons). This includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, guinea fowl, quail (Bobwhite or Japanese), ostrich, emus, etc.
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Wood quail—large birds of the genus Odontophorus—are the only phasianids widely distributed in South America; they are forest dwellers. ... Best known is Coturnix coturnix, the common quail of Europe, Asia, and Africa; it is the only migratory galliform bird.
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From what I can find poking around the internet, game hens are a subset of chickens that were originally bred for cockfighting. There are thousands of chicken breeds throughout the world, and those breeds that were produced for cockfighting were called game hens.
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Nutrition. Quail eggs are small, so three to four of them roughly equate to the serving size of one chicken egg.
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In colloquial speech, the term "fowl" is often used near-synonymously with "domesticated chicken" (Gallus gallus), or with "poultry" or even just "bird", and many languages do not distinguish between "poultry" and "fowl". Both words are also used for the flesh of these birds.
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If the birds have not been subjected to genetic selection for bodyweight, the adult male quail will weigh about 100–140 g, while the females are slightly heavier, weighing from 120–160 g. The females are characterised by light tan feathers with black speckling on the throat and upper breast.
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Chickens can be let out to free range during the day and secured in a coop at night to avoid predation. The also require very little additional food, making them an inexpensive egg laying choice. ... Unlike chickens, quail will wander off, so they need to be kept in an area that restricts their movements.
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Quails are cute little birds, tasty to people, cats and other predators. Bobwhite quails are common throughout the United States while pharaoh quails, also known as Japanese quails (Corturnix Japonica) are found in parts of Asia.
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Roosters are chickens too, so that question won't help much. Most people mean “hen” when they say “chicken.” Hen means a female. Rooster means male. ... A male chicken is considered a cockerel before one year of age.
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Turkey, either of two species of birds classified as members of either the family Phasianidae or Meleagrididae (order Galliformes). The best known is the common turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), a native game bird of North America that has been widely domesticated for the table.
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The stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis) is a native Australian species which is the most common quail species in Australia. The species is not under any threat of extinction (IUCN Least Concern). Stubble quail are widespread and found throughout all states and territories of Australia excluding Tasmania.
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Quail require less space and less work than chickens and rabbits plus they are quiet and easy to raise. They do not eat a lot, convert feed into protein efficiently, and are much more congenial creatures than even the sweetest-tempered chicken.
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From young female chicken to adult hen Some say that a chicken can be called a hen when it has laid its first egg. ... If the breastbone on the chicken is cartilage and thus a bit soft in it, it is a young female chicken. But as soon as the breastbone becomes stiff and hard, the chicken can be called a hen.
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All of the different types of poultry can be organized into four categories: landfowl, waterfowl, game and others.
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The legs and feet are stout, and are used for running as well as for scratching in the ground surface for their foods of seeds and invertebrates. Compared with other birds in the Phasianidae, quails are relatively small, short-necked birds, with a short tail, a serrated edge of the beak, and lacking spurs on the legs.
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Their breeding range reaches as far north as the UK, where they are the only migrant species of the Phasianidae family, which includes heavy ground-living birds such as the pheasant. Due to their historical decline, quails are on the Amber List but are now in partial recovery.
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Before one year of age, all male chickens are referred to as cockerels. After one year, they become roosters. Female chickens are pullets before they become one year old, then become hens.