Definition Of Term Poultry Flashcards
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- is a collective term for all domestic birds that is of economic service to man.
- It can also refer to the dressed carcass of the fowl.
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POULTRY
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are kinds of birds that are included in the term poultry
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poultry species
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total abdominal depth & width
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abdominal capacity
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the distance between the pubic & the keel bone.
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Abdominal depth
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the distance between the 2 pubic bones.
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Abdominal width
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fear of chickens,
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alektorophobia
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Medication used as an aid to prevent and treat coccidiosis and can be found in some medicated chick feeds
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AMPROLIUM
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a dilute substance produced by microorganisms that have the power to kill other organism.
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Antibiotics
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a substance formed in the body as a result of infection or administration of suitable antigens.
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ANTIBODY
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A disease organism that has been weakened to reduce its virulence
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ANTTENUATED
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pertaining to birds.
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Avian
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microscopic organisms that are composed of a single cell.
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Bacteria
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a miniature chicken about the size of a regular chicken.
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bantam
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a chicken of mixed breed.
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barnyard chicken
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The elongated feathers below the beak area that created a puffy look to some feathers
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Beard
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is a word for a hen.
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Biddy
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the use of the beak to scoop feed out of a through – onto the floor.
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Bill out
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Disease prevention management
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biosecurity
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A small white bullseye on the egg yolk indicating a fertile egg.
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Blastoderm
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A small white disc on the egg yolk indicating an infertile egg.
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Blastodisc
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. the fading of color of beak, shanks & vent
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bleaching
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the moist, protective coating of a freshly laid egg that dries so fast.
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Bloom
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A material used to cover the floor on confined spaces
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BEDDING/LITTER
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To discourage a hen from setting.
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Break up
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a group of chickens that are like each other and different from other chickens.
A race of domestic fowls, which maintains distinctive characteristic of shape, growth, temperament & shell color of egg produced
BREED
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mature chickens where fertile eggs are collected
breeders
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a characteristic of purebred chicks whereby they resemble both parents.
Breed true
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a young, tender meat chicken also called a FRYER
- a type of chicken raised for meat.
Broiler
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To care for a batch of chicks.
Brood
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A type of chicken raised for meat.
Brooder
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Material which is place around the brooder heat source to prevent the chicks from staying too far from the heat source.
Brooder guard
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Is caused due to hormonal influence. The broody fowls do not lay eggs and feed. Such fowls are to be separated and kept in bright light.
in fowls is treated by giving estrogen injection and nutrient food.
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Broodiness
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A chicken that has decided to sit on and hatch a clutch of eggs
Broody
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the process of providing supplemental heat to broiler chicks from hatching up to the time they have grown sufficient feathers to control their own body temperature.
Brooding
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A bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction of the feet of birds.
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Bumble foot
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chickens kept in cages.
Cage feed
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to examine the contents of an intact egg with light
candle
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a nasty behavior manifested by pecking on others’ tails, and feathers
- is referred to as one bird pecking the other bird.
Cannibalism
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the narrow feathers between the nape & back.
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cape
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a chicken that shows no evidence of a disease, yet harbors the organism, and is capable of transmitting the disease to others.
Carrier
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an egg with a cracked shell, but the shell membrane is still intact.
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check
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one of the common poultry species
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chicken
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An enclosure where the chickens are kept safe and secure
Chicken coop
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newly hatched chicken- (DOC)
chick
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a scheme whereby a grower enters into a contract with an integrator to grow broilers up to a marketable age of about 36-42 days.
Contact growing
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An all-in-one urinating, defecating and mating mechanism located on the hind end of the chicken.
Cloaca
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the sound of hen to comfort her chick
cluck
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word for a mother hen.
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clucker
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a batch of egg that are hatched together
Clutch
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infection with coccidial protozoa without showing any signs.
Coccidiasis
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a parasitic protozoal infestation.
Coccidiosis
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a male chicken.
Cock
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a male chicken under one year old.
Cockerel
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A featherless crest at the top of a chicken’s head
Comb
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the environmental temperature wherein the animal does not exert extra effort to maintain normal body temperature. – in CHICKEN it is 55 F.
comfort zone
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a chicken’s state of health and cleanliness.
Condition
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a chickens body structure.
conformation
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a house or cage in which the chickens’ lives.
Coop
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a pouch at the base of the chicken’s neck.
Crop
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The feathers protruding from the top of the chicken’s head
Crest
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an unsexed male readily distinguished by the undeveloped comb and wattles.
Capon
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Two white cords on each side of the yolk that keep it properly positioned within the egg white.
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Chalazae
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cutting of the wattles
cropping
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The removal of unprofitable birds from the flock
– is the process of separating or eliminating sick and nonproductive birds from the Poultry. The non-productive birds can be distinguished from the productive birds.
Culling
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Is a process of cutting one third of upper beak at 15 days age for first time and at 16th week for second time. As a result of this the chicken may not involve in cannibalism and can easily procure the soft food without waste.
Debeaking
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eggs with dirt or stains covering more than ¼ of the shell.
Dirties
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An impairment of the normal function of any body organ or part of the bird
disease
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a substance that kills pathogenic organisms but not necessarily spores and is usually applied to inanimate objects.
Disinfectant
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The soft, fur like fluff covering a newly hatched chick.
Down
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chicken manure.
droppings
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. the trim of the comb
dub
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cutting the comb
dubbing
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The habit chickens have in trashing around in soft soil to clean their feathers and discourage body parasites.
Dust
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bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external parasites and groom plumage.
dust bath
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breed of chicken that is raised for both eggs and meat
dual purpose breed
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Bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external parasites and groom plumage
Dust bath
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a horny cap on a chick’s upper beak that helps the chick pip through the shell
egg tooth
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a fertilized egg at any stage of development prior to hatching.
Embryo
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the amount of fat beneath the skin of a meat bird.
Finish
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group of chickens living together.
Flocks
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domesticated bird raised for food.
Fowl
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Viral disease in chickens and other species of poultry that
causes lesions on Skin (cutaneous form) and can affect respiratory tract and
upper GI (diphtheritic form)
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fowl pox
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feathers that curl rather than lying flat
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frizzle
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a tender young meat chicken, also called a BROILER
fryer
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crushed rock that helps breakdown food in the gizzard
grit
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a rooster cape feathers.
Hackles
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the characteristic of a rooster having rounded rather than pointed sex feather.
Hen feathered
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female that is a year or older
hen
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Agglutination of red blood cells
Hemagglutination
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the offspring of a heh & rooster of different breeds.
Hybrid
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PERIOD the time it takes for a bird egg to hatch
Incubation
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. the number of eggs a hen lays during a given time
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intensity of lay
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during the hatching process, when the chick breaches the membrane into the air cell of the gg.
INTERNAL PIP
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when a bird has some degree of resistance to a particular disease
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immune
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A machine that maintains the perfect temperatures to hatch an egg
Incubation
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the invasion of a pathogen into susceptible tissue resulting in disease.
INFECTION
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a disease produced by the invasion of living microscopic organisms
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IINFECTIOUS DISEASE
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keeping poultry in areas separate from other poultry
isolation
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a young male or female bird
JUVENILE
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the egg that leaks because the shell as cracked and the shell membrane is broken.
LEAKER
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the energy of the food eaten less the energy of the excrement derived from it, both fecal and urinary
METABOLIZABLE ENERGY
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the feathers sticking out from both sides of the face, otherwise
called as WHISKERS.
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MUFF
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loss of feathers due to change in season followed by regrowth
MOLTING
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a sickness in a bird or flock caused by the disease.
MORBIDITY
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death of birds in the flock.
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MORTALITY
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a wooden or plastic egg placed in a neat to encourage chickens to lay there.
NEST EGG
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upgraded egg
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NEST RUN
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An extremely contagious disease affecting birds, including domestic poultry
Newcastle Disease
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breed of chicken that is raised primarily for show or exhibition
ORNAMENTAL BREED
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the laying of an egg.
OVIPOSITION
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an organism that lives in or on another organism from which it derives its nourishment
PARASITE
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describes the condition that occurs when a chick’s vent is covered in feces and becomes clogged.
PASTY BUTT
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an organism capable of causing disease.
PATHOGEN
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Loose dropping sticking to vent area.
PASTING
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the social rank of chickens.
PECK ORDER
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the ability of the hen to lay steadily over a long period of time.
PERSISTENCY OF LAY
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pubic bones.
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PINBONES
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the tips of a newly emerging feathers.
PINFEATHERS
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the hole a newly formed chick makes in its shell when it is ready to hatch.
PIP
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- the total set of feathers covering a chicken
PLUMAGE
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trimming of the earlobes
PRINNING
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breed of chicken that is raised for egg production or meat production.
PRODUCTION BREED
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a female chicken under one year old.
PULLET
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the offspring of a heh & rooster of the same breed.
PUREBRED
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- the hollow, horny, basal part of stem of a feather.
QUILL
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any abnormal sound coming from the airways.
RALES
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description of chickens that are allowed to graze pasture.
RANGE FED
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a check; dirty; leaker & otherwise inedible egg.
RESTRICTED EGG
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a cockerel or pullet, usually weighing 4 6 pounds, suitable for cooking whole in an oven.
ROASTER
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male chicken
ROOSTER
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a chicken or group of chicken resting, likely in an elevated perch
ROOSTING
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- the part of the chickens back just behind the tail.
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SADDLE
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feathers in front of the tail
SADDLE FEATHERS
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the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the chicken’s shanks and toes.
SCALES
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newly hatched chicks that has been sorted out into pullets and cockerels
SEXED
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a hackle; saddle or tail feather that is rounded in a hen but usually pointed in a rooster.
SEX FEATHER
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the long, curved tail feathers of some roosters.
SICKLES
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the sharp pointed protrusions on a rooster shanks.
SPURS
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no longer laying well.
SPENT
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a cockerel on a brink of sexual maturity, when his comb and spurs
begin to develop.
STAG
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young female chickens that are nearly old enough to lay.
STARTER PULLETS
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a feed formulation for growing chicks up to laying age or 16 weeks for hens.
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STARTER/GROWER FEEDS
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a family of any variety of poultry that possesses and reproduces with marked regularity common individual characters which distinguish this from other families of the same variety.
STRAIN
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a hen’s instinctive habit of hiding her eggs.
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STEAL
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newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed, otherwise called as UNSEXED or AS HATCHED
STRAIGHT RUN
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anything which affects the bird’s well-being and lowers its resistance to disease.
STRESS
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a value placed on the potency of a biological agent, when applied to the agglutination test it is the weakest dilution at which clumping of the antigen occurs.
TITER
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a cock & 2 hens or a cockerel and 2 pullets of the same breed and variety.
TRIO
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the type & shape of a chicken that tell you what breed it is.
TYPE
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subdivision of a breed according to color; comb style; beard or leg feathering,
- Or a subdivision of a breed, a term used to distinguish fowls having the standard shape and other characteristics of the breed to which they belong but differing in color of plumage; shape of comb etc. from other groups of the same breed.
VARIETY
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an opening in chickens where waste and eggs are expelled.
VENT
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a preparation of microorganism (killed, living attenuated.or living totally virulent) which when placed in the body of the bird produces or increases immunity to a certain disease.
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VACCINE
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an animal which carries and transmits parasites to poultry such as earthworm, which carries the chicken tapeworm eggs.
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VECTOR
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pasting a condition where the chicks suffer from early diarrhea.
VENT
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an organism, ultramicroscopic in size that multiplies only in living cells. Some viruses are capable of causing disease.
VIRUS
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flesh under the beak of the chicken that is used as a heat regulating mechanism
WATTLE
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an opening in chickens where waste and eggs are expelled
WRY NECK
