Glossary Flashcards
It 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. Broodiness in fowls is treated by giving estrogen injection and nutrient food.
BROODINESS
A chicken that has decided to sit on and hatch a clutch of eggs
BROODY
It is 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
It is a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction of the feet of birds.
BUMBLEFOOT
chickens kept in cages
CAGE FED
It is to examine the contents of an intact egg with light
CANDLE
It is a nasty behavior manifested by pecking on others’ tails, and feathers
CANNIBALISM
It is referred to as one bird pecking the other bird.
CANNIBALISM
5 several reasons of cannibalism in fowls:
• May be hereditary
• Rearing of number of fowls in less space
• They are not subjected to debeaking. Supplying more tasteful, energetic and salty food and
• High temperature in the poultry farm
• Lighting
It is the narrow feathers between the nape & back
CAPE
It is a chicken that shows no evidence of a disease, yet harbors the organism, and is capable of transmitting the disease to others.
CARRIER
It is an egg with a cracked shell, but the shell membrane is still intact.
CHECK
It is one of the common poultry species.
CHICKEN
An enclosure where the chickens are kept safe and secure
CHICKEN COOP
It is a newly hatched chicken- (DOC)
CHICK
It is 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.
CONTRACT GROWING
An all-in-one urinating, defecating and mating mechanism located on the hind end of the chicken.
CLOACA
It is the sound of hen to comfort her chick.
CLUCK
It is a word for a mother hen.
CLUCKER
It is a batch of egg that are hatched together
CLUTCH
It is an infection with coccidial protozoa without showing any signs
COCCIDIASIS
It is a parasitic protozoal infestation
COCCIDIOSIS
a male chicken
COCK
It is a male chicken under one year old
COCKEREL
A featherless crest at the top of a chicken’s head
COMB
It is the environmental temperature wherein the animal does not exert extra effort to maintain normal body temperature. – in
CHICKEN it is 55 F
COMFORT ZONE
Normal temperature of chicken
55 F
It is a chicken’s state of health and cleanliness.
CONDITION
It is a chickens body structure.
CONFORMATION
It is a house or cage in which the chickens’ lives.
COOP
It is a pouch at the base of the chicken’s neck.
CROP
The feathers protruding from the top of the chicken’s head
CREST
It is an unsexed male readily distinguished by the undeveloped comb and wattles.
CAPON
Two white cords on each side of the yolk that keep it properly
positioned within the egg white.
CHALAZAE
Cutting off the wattles
CROPPING
The removal of unprofitable birds from the flock
CULLING
It 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
It is a process of cutting one third of upper beak at 15 days age for first time and at 16th week for second time.
DEBEAKING
As a result of this, the chicken may not involve in cannibalism and can easily procure the soft food without waste.
Debeaking
In what day is the first time and second time of cutting the one third of the upper beak of a chicken?
15 days age for the first time
16th week for the second time
eggs with dirt or stains covering more than ¼ of the shell
DIRTIES
an impairment of the normal function of any body organ or part of the bird
Disease
a substance that kills pathogenic organisms but not necessarily spores and is usually applied to inanimate objects
Disinfectant
The soft, fur like fluff covering a newly hatched chick
DOWN
Chicken manure
DROPPINGS
The trim of the comb
DUB
Cutting of the comb
DUBBING
the habit chickens have in trashing around in soft soil to clean their feathers and discourage body parasites
DUST
Bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external
parasites and groom plumage
DUST BATH
Breed of chicken that is raised for both eggs
and meat
DUAL PURPOSE BREED
