Poultry Flashcards

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Young chicken six to seven weeks of age that weighs about 4lbs

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Broiler

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Domesticated birds raised primarily for meat, eggs, and feathers

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Poultry

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Young chicken that is older and slightly larger then a broiler

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Roaster

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Male chicken that has been neutered

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Capon

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A hen that is no longer laying

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Spent hen

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Mature female chicken that kept to produce eggs

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Layer

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Young female that is raised for laying

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Pullet

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Mature male chicken

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Cock

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Less then one year of age

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Cockerel

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Young turkey

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Poult

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Mature male turkey

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Tom

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Soft feathery covering that grows under the feathers

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Down

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Young duck that still had down rather then feathers

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Duckling

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Mature male duck

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Drake

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Baby goose of either sex

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Gosling

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Mature male goose

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Gander

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Flock or group of geese that are not flying

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Gaggle

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Peafowl. Male known as a

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Peacock

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Peafowl. Female is a

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Peahen

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Group of flightless birds that have commercial uses

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Ratite

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Study and use of areas of science in raising poultry

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Poultry science

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One agribusiness being involved in more then one step in providing poultry products

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Vertical integration

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Removing the tip of the beak so they cannot peck other birds

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Debeaking

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Poultry do not have teeth so they rely on …. to grind food

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Gizzard

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The white part that surrounds the yolk

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Albumen

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The center part of an egg that varies in yellow color

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Yolk

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Shining light through an egg to see the inside feathers

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Candling

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Process of shedding and renewing feathers

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Molting

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Floor covering in a poultry house

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Litter

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This is into the embryo of the incubating egg by…

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Egg injection

30
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Equipment that burns chicken carcasses so only ashes remain

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Incinerator