Animal Science Terms (Poultry - chicken, duck, muscovy, turkey, quail, goose) Flashcards
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Capon
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a caponized male, readily distinguised by undeveloped comb and wattles
2
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Chick
A
young chicken while in the down stage
3
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Chicken
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one of the more common poultry species different from turkey, goose, etc.
4
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Cockerel
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a male fowl less than one year old
5
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Drake
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a male duck
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Duck
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a female duck
7
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Duckling
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young duck in the down stage
8
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Poult
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the young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished
9
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Poultry
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collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic service to man; also refer to dressed fowl carcass
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Plumage
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the feathers of a fowl
11
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Pullet
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a female fowl less than one year old
