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collective term all domesticated birds, under care of man
Poultry
term to all poultry species
applied to designate mature domestic cocks and hens.
Fowl
kind of birds included in term poultry
(chicken, duck, quail, turkey, pigeon geese)
Poultry species
average weight (live) harvest/market age
Average live weight-
projecting mouth part of chicken & turkey
(upper&lower mandibles; organ for prehension)
Beak
produce fowls for any special purposes, mean animal used for breeding
Breeder
projecting mouth part of waterfowls
(upper&lower mandibles)
Bill
race domestic fowl, maintain distinctive characteristics, shape, growth, temperature, shell color, egg production (variety)
Breed
caponized cockerels (4months weight:3kg improve meat quality)
Capon
most popular poultry species
(diff. from turkey, duck, quail, geese)
Chicken
young domestic chicken
Chick
group of eggs layed (successive days)
Clutches
male fowl less than 1yr. old or over
Cock/Rooster
male fowl less than 1yr. old
Cockerel
made: vascularized tissue growing on top fowl head, ornamental function, sign of status & condition, heat dissipation
Comb
Standard variety of comb
single, rose, pea, V-shape, strawberry, cushion and buttercup
receptacle, fowl food accumulated before to gizzard
Crop
old hen, passed usefulness commercial egg production
Culls
cutting part, upper and lower mandibles
Debeaking
first covering of chicks [maj. function- insulation]
Down
male of duck family
Drake
cutting of comb, wattles or earlobes (head smooth)
Dubbing
young duck family, downy stage of plumage
Ducking
– vol. feed necessary to produce a kl. gain in weight
Feed conversion ratio