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Glossary of Terms Flashcards

1
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flesh under the beak of the chicken that is used as a heat regulating mechanism

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Wattle

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an organism, ultramicroscopic in size that multiplies only in living cells; capable of causing diseases

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Virus

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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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4
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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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5
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subdivision of a breed according to color; comb style; beard or leg feathering

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Variety

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6
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the type & shape of a chicken that tell you what breed it is

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type

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7
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a cock & 2 hens or a cockerel and 2 pullets of the same breed and
variety

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trio

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8
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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
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titer

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9
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anything which affects the bird’s well-being and lowers its resistance to disease

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stress

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10
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newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed,
otherwise called as UNSEXED or AS HATCHED

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straight run

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11
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  • a hen’s instinctive habit of hiding her eggs
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steal

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12
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failure of chicks to eat

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starve out

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13
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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

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strain

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14
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a feed formulation for growing chicks up
to laying age or 16 weeks for hens

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starter or grower feeds

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15
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young female chickens that are nearly old enough
to lay

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starter pullets

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16
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a cockerel on a brink of sexual maturity, when his comb and spurs
begin to develop

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stag

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17
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no longer laying well

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spent

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18
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the sharp pointed protrusions on a rooster shanks

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spurs

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19
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the long, curved tail feathers of some roosters

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sickles

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20
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a hackle; saddle or tail feather that is rounded in a hen but usually pointed in a rooster

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sex feather

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21
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newly hatched chicks that has been sorted out into pullets and cockerels

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sexed

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22
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the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the chicken’s shanks
and toes.

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scales

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23
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feathers in front of the tail

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saddle feathers

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24
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the part of the chickens back just behind the tail

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saddle

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25
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a chicken or group of chicken resting, likely in an elevated perch

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roosting

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26
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a male chicken

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rooster

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27
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a cockerel or pullet, usually weighing 4-6 pounds, suitable for cooking whole in an oven.

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roaster

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28
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a check; dirty; leaker & otherwise inedible egg

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restricted egg

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29
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description of chickens that are allowed to graze pasture

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range fed

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30
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any abnormal sound coming from the airways.

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rales

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31
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the hollow, horny, basal part of stem of a feather

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quill

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32
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the offspring of a hen & rooster of the same breed.

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purebred

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33
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a female chicken under one year old

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pullet

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34
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breed of chicken that is raised for egg
production or meat production

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production breed

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35
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trimming of the earlobes

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prinning

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36
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the total set of feathers covering a chicken

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plumage

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37
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the hole a newly formed chick makes in its shell when it is ready to hatch

A

PIP

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38
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the tips of a newly emerging feathers

A

Pinfeathers

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39
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pubic bones.

A

pinbones

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40
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the ability of the hen to lay steadily over a long
period of time

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persistency of laying

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41
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the social rank of chickens

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peck order

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42
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loose dropping sticking to vent area

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pasting

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43
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an organism capable of causing disease

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pathogen

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44
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describes the condition that occurs when a chick’s vent is covered in feces and becomes clogged

A

pasty butt

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45
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an organism that lives in or on another organism from which it derives its nourishment

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parasites

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46
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the laying of an egg

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oviposition

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47
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breed of chicken that is raised primarily for
show or exhibition

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ornamental breed

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48
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An extremely contagious disease affecting birds,
including domestic poultry

A

newcastle disease

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49
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upgraded egg

A

nest run

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50
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a wooden or plastic egg placed in a neat to encourage chickens
to lay there

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nest egg

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51
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death of birds in the flock

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mortality

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52
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a sickness in a bird or flock caused by the disease

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morbidity

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53
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loss of feathers due to change in season followed by regrowth

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molting

54
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the feathers sticking out from both sides of the face, otherwise called as WHISKERS.

A

muff

55
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  • the energy of the food eaten less the
    energy of the excrement derived from it, both fecal and urinary
A

metabolizable energy

56
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the egg that leaks because the shell as cracked and the shell membrane is broken

A

leaker

57
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a young male or female bird

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juvenile

58
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keeping poultry in areas separate from other poultry

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isolation

59
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a disease produced by the invasion of living
microscopic organisms

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infectious disease

60
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the invasion of a pathogen into susceptible tissue resulting in disease

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infection

61
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Bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external
parasites and groom plumage

A

dust bathing

62
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a horny cap on a chick’s upper beak that helps the chick pip
through the shell.

A

egg tooth

63
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a fertilized egg at any stage of development prior to hatching

A

embryo

64
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the amount of fat beneath the skin of a meat bird

A

finish

65
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a group of chickens living together.

A

flock

66
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domesticated bird raised for food

A

fowl

67
Q

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)

A

fowl pox

68
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feathers that curl rather than lying flat

A

frizzle

69
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a tender young meat chicken, also called a BROILER.

A

fryer

70
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crushed rock that helps breakdown food in the gizzard

A

grit

71
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a rooster cape feathers.

A

hackles

72
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the characteristic of a rooster having rounded rather
than pointed sex feather

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hen feathered

73
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female that is a year or older

A

hen

74
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Agglutination of red blood cells

A

hemagglutination

75
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the offspring of a hen & rooster of different breeds.

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hybrid

76
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the offspring of a heh & rooster of different breeds.

A

incubation

77
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the number of eggs a hen lays during a given time.

A

intensity of lay

78
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during the hatching process, when the chick breaches the membrane into the air cell of the egg

A

internal pip

79
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when a bird has some degree of resistance to a particular disease

A

immune

80
Q

A machine that maintains the perfect temperatures to hatch
an egg

A

incubator

81
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two white cords on each side of the yolk that keep it properly positioned within the egg white

A

chalazae

82
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cutting of wattles

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cropping

83
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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

A

culling

84
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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

A

debeaking

85
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eggs with dirt or stains covering more than ¼ of the shell

A

dirties

86
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an impairment of the normal function of any body organ or part
of the bird

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disease

87
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a substance that kills pathogenic organisms but not necessarily spores and is usually applied to inanimate objects.

A

disinfectant

88
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the soft, fur like fluff covering a newly hatched chick

A

down

89
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chicken manure

A

droppings

90
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trim of the comb

A

dub

91
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cutting of the comb

A

dubbing

92
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cutting of the comb

A

dubbing

93
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the habit chickens have in trashing around in soft soil to clean their
feathers and discourage body parasites

A

dust

94
Q

breed of chicken that is raised for both eggs
and meat

A

dual purpose breed

95
Q

an unsexed male readily distinguished by the undeveloped comb
and wattles.

A

capon

96
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The feathers protruding from the top of the chicken’s head

A

crest

97
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a pouch at the base of the chicken’s neck.

A

crop

98
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a pouch at the base of the chicken’s neck.

A

coop

99
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a chickens body structure

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conformation

100
Q

a chicken’s state of health and cleanliness

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condition

101
Q

the environmental temperature wherein the animal does not exert extra effort to maintain normal body temperature. – in
CHICKEN it is 55 F

A

comfort zone

102
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A featherless crest at the top of a chicken’s head

A

comb

103
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a male chicken under one year old.

A

cockerel

104
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male chicken

A

cock

105
Q

a parasitic protozoal infestation

A

coccidiosis

106
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infection with coccidial protozoa without showing any signs.

A

coccidiasis

107
Q

a batch of egg that are hatched together

A

clutch

108
Q

word for a mother hen

A

clucker

109
Q

the sound of hen to comfort her chick

A

cluck

110
Q

An all-in-one urinating, defecating and mating mechanism located on the hind end of the chicken

A

cloaca

111
Q

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.

A

contract growing

112
Q

newly hatched chicken

A

chick; doc

113
Q

An enclosure where the chickens are kept safe and
secure.

A

chicken coop

114
Q

one of the common poultry species

A

chicken

115
Q

an egg with a cracked shell, but the shell membrane is still intact.

A

check

116
Q

a chicken that shows no evidence of a disease, yet harbors the organism, and is capable of transmitting the disease to other

A

carrier

117
Q

the narrow feathers between the nape & back.

A

cape

118
Q
  • a nasty behavior manifested by pecking on others’ tails, and feathers
A

cannibalism

119
Q

give five reasons of cannibalism in fowls

A
  1. May be hereditary
  2. Rearing of number of fowls in less space
  3. They are not subjected to debeaking. Supplying more tasteful, energetic and salty food and
  4. High temperature in the poultry farm
  5. Lighting
120
Q

to examine the contents of an intact egg with light

A

candle

121
Q

chickens kept in cages.

A

cage fed

122
Q

A bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction of the feet of birds.

A

bumblefoot

123
Q

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

A

brooding

124
Q

A chicken that has decided to sit on and hatch a clutch of eggs

A

broody

125
Q

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. It is treated by giving estrogen injection and nutrient food

A

broodiness

126
Q

is a collective term for all domestic birds that is of economic service to man

A

poultry

127
Q

are kinds of birds that are included in the term
poultry

A

poultry species

128
Q

total abdominal depth & width.

A

abdominal capacity

129
Q

the distance between the pubic & the keel bone.

A

abdominal depth

130
Q

the distance between the 2 pubic bones

A

abdominal width

131
Q

fear of chickens

A

alektorophobia

132
Q

Medication used as an aid to prevent and treat coccidiosis
and can be found in some medicated chick feeds

A

amprolium

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