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Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, or their feathers.

These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys).

If there are ducks and or geese that are kept as pets they shall not be considered poultry unlike domesticated chickens.

Poultry also includes other birds that are killed for their meat, such as the young of pigeons (known as squabs) but does not include similar wild birds hunted for sport or food and known as game.

The word "poultry" comes from the French/Norman word poule, itself derived from the Latin word pullus, which means small animal.

In modern agriculture, a rare breed is a breed of poultry or livestock that has a very small breeding population, usually from a few hundred to a few thousand.

Because of their small numbers, rare breeds may have a threatened conservation status, and they may be protected under regional laws.

Many countries have organizations devoted to the protection and promotion of rare breeds, for which they each have their own definition.

In botany and horticulture, the parallel to rare animal breeds are heirloom plants, which are rare cultivars.

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a type of domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl.

It is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of more than 19 billion as of 2011.

Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.

A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.

It may be used for ex-situ conservation purposes, i.e. to breed rare or endangered species under controlled conditions; alternatively, it may be for economic reasons (i.e. to enhance food supplies or fishery resources).

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

An egg results from fertilization of an ovum.

Most arthropods, vertebrates, and mollusks lay eggs, although some do not, such as scorpions and most mammals.