Major [Key] Terms Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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Hen
A
Female poultry (1 year)
2
Q
Pullet
A
Female chicken (
3
Q
Chick
A
baby chicken
4
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Cock/Rooster
A
Male chicken (1 year)
5
Q
Cockerel
A
Male chicken (
6
Q
Capon
A
Castrared male chicken
7
Q
Tom/Gobbler
A
male turkey
8
Q
Poult
A
baby turkey
9
Q
Drake
A
male duck
10
Q
Duckling
A
baby duck
11
Q
Gander
A
male goose
12
Q
Gosling
A
baby goose
13
Q
Goose
A
female goose
14
Q
Geese
A
plural of goose
15
Q
Cob
A
male swan
16
Q
Pen
A
female swan
17
Q
Cygnet
A
baby swan
18
Q
Keet
A
Baby guinea fowl
19
Q
Cock/Coaxer
A
Male pigeon
20
Q
Squab
A
baby pigeon
21
Q
Peacock
A
male peafowl
22
Q
Peahen
A
female peafowl
23
Q
Peachick
A
baby peafowl
24
Q
Jake
A
young male turkey
25
Jenny
Young female turkey
26
Broiler
a meat-type bird
27
Brood
to care for a batch of chicks
28
Brooder
a devise used to provide warmth to young chicks
29
Broody
a hen that is sitting on eggs with the intent of hatching them
30
Bantam
miniature chicken breeds
31
Cull
to remove
32
Straight-run (chicks)
unsexed
| day-old chicks that have not been sorted by sex
33
Pecking order
the social rank of individuals within a flock
34
Oviposition
the laying of an egg
35
Morbidity
number sick
36
Mortality
number dead
37
Class
groups of birds from a common geographical area
| American, Asiatic, English, Mediterranean Continental
38
Breed
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Birds within a class
differ in body shape, size, skin color, toe number, or feathering of the shanks
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Variety
Birds within a breed
| differ in feather color, pattern, or type of comb
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Strain
Birds within a variety
| developed for specific traits
