Poultry Terminologies Flashcards
A caponized male poultry, distinguished by the undeveloped comb and wattles.
Caponization is a process that involves the surgical removal of the testes from a male bird, which affects growth and behavior.
Capon
A young chicken while in the downstage.
The downstage refers to the early stage of a chick’s life when it is covered in down feathers.
Chick
How is chicken defined in the context of poultry?
One of the more common poultry species, different from turkey, geese, etc.
Chickens are domesticated birds raised primarily for their eggs and meat.
male fowl less than one-year-old.
cockerel
A male duck.
Drake
A female duck.
Duck
The young duck in the downstage.
duckling
The young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished.
Poult
What does the term poultry refer to?
A collective term for all domestic birds rendering economic service to man; dressed carcass of fowls.
The feathers of a fowl.
plumage
A female fowl less than one-year-old.
Pullet
A male fowl one-year-old or over.
Rooster
