1. Beef Cattle Breeds

2. Angus Color: Black Origin: Scotland Traits: high carcass quality
Polled
Most registered breed

3. Hereford Color: Red w/white face Origin: England Traits:
Polled or Horned
Docile
Good foragers

4. Charolais Color: white to light straw Origin: France Traits: Horned
Large

5. Brahman Color: light gray to black or red Origin: India Traits: Hump
Loose dewlap
Resistant to insects
Tolerant to heat

6. Chianina Color: white to steel gray w/black switch Origin: Italy
Traits:
Horned
Black pigmented skin
Tallest beef breed
Heavy muscling

7. Dairy Cattle Breeds

8. Holstein
Color: Black & white is most common (can also come in red & white)
Origin: Europe (specifically Holland)
Traits:
Largest Dairy breed
High feed efficiency
Highest milk production

9. Jersey Color: light gray/mouse color to dark fawn/almost black
Origin: British Isle of Jersey
Traits:
Smallest Dairy breed
2nd highest milk producer
High butterfat production
Docile

10. Ayrshire Color: Red & white Origin: Scotland Traits:
High quality of udder
Milk ideally suited for butter and cheese
Strong & rugged
Fewer leg & feet problems

11. Brown Swiss Color: grey, dark brown, tan or almost white
Origin: Switzerland
Traits:
Big, floppy ears
Docile

12. Guernsey Color: golden red & white Origin: British Isle of Guernsey
Traits:
Rick flavor of milk
“Golden” color to milk (due to high butterfat, high protein content)
High feed efficiency

13. Swine Breeds

14. American Landrace Color: white Origin: Denmark Traits: Long body
Big loped forward ears
Large litters
Mothering ability

15. Duroc Color: red Origin: Eastern US, corn belt Traits: Drooped ears
Fast growth rate
High feed conversion

16. Hampshire Color: black w/white belt
Origin: Southern Scotland and Northern England
Traits:
Erect ears
Muscle & carcass leanness

17. Yorkshire Color: white Origin: England Traits: Erect ears
Large litters
High feed efficiency
High growth rate
Mothering ability
Long carcasses

18. Poland China
Color:  black with six white points (face, feet and switch)
Points required 
Origin: US
Traits:
Dropped ears
Oldest American breed
High feed efficiency
Substantial bone
Soundness
Docile

19. Spotted Swine Color: black and white spots Origin: US Traits:
Drooping ears
Large breed
Fast growth rate

20. Tamworth Color: golden red to dark red Origin: Ireland Traits:
Erect ears
Most desirable bacon-type carcass
Long, straight snout
Depth of side/deep bodied

21. Berkshire Color: black & white with white points Origin: England
points not required
Origin: England
Traits:
Erect Ears
Juiciness, flavor and tenderness of meat, due to marbling
High feed efficiency
Excellent carcass quality

22. Chester White Color: solid white Origin: US Traits: Chester County, PA
Drooped ears
Mothering ability
Durability
Structural soundness
Longevity
Skin is easily removed during packing

23. Vietnamese Potbelly
Color: White or black more common, but also red, gold, spotted
Origin: Vietnam
Traits:
Used as pets
Considerably smaller than farm pigs ( lbs)
Can be used as service pets

24. Poultry Breeds

25. Chickens - Layers

26. White Leghorn Color: White Origin: Leghorn, Italy Traits:
Lays White Eggs
High egg production
Good foragers
Large comb & wattles

27. Rhode Island Red Color: Red Origin: US, RI Traits:
Dual-purpose (eggs and meat)
Lay brown eggs
Hardy

28. Chickens - Broilers

29. Plymouth Rock Color: white, buff, barred Origin: US Traits: Hardy
Docile
Excellent meat (& egg) production

30. Cornish Color: dark, white, buff Origin: England Traits:
Ultimate meat bird
Broad, well-muscled body
Protective mothering ability

31. Turkeys

32. Broad-Breasted Bronze
Color: shimmering-green bronze/black
Origin: US
Traits:
Commercial breeds must be bred by A.I.
Docile
Fairly rare now

33. Broad-Breasted White Color: white Origin: US Traits:
Known for meat production
Must be bred by A.I.
More popular than BB Bronze
Harder to handle/manage than BB Bronze

34. Beltsville Small White
Color: white
Origin: Beltsville, MD
Traits:
Meaty carcass
Small enough to fit in average fridge

35. Royal Palm Color: White w/bands of black Origin: FL Traits:
Ornamental bird
Currently on the endangered “watch” list
Docile

36. Other Poultry Breeds

37. Houdan Chicken Color: mottled, white Origin: France Traits:
Mostly ornamental, but can produce eggs and meat
5 toes (chickens normally have 4) give them “skipping” gait

38. Silkie Bantam Color: Black, Blue, Partridge, Buff, White, Gray
Origin: unknown, possibly China
Traits:
fur/silk-like feathers
Topknots/crests on their heads & abundant feathers growing down their legs & middle toe
5 toes

39. Sheep Breeds

40. Goat Breeds

41. Horse Breeds

42. Llama Breeds

43. Other Breeds