Poultry Terminology

Question 1

To examine the contents of an intact egg with light

Answer 1

candle

Question 2

A male chicken; also called a Rooster

Answer 2

cock

Question 3

A male chicken under 1-year-old

Answer 3

cockerel

Question 4

A female chicken

Answer 4

hen

Question 5

To remove a portion of a bird’s top beak to prevent cannibalism

Answer 5

Debeak

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Egg Tooth

Question 7

A rooster’s cape feathers

Answer 7

hackles

Question 8

Annual loss and regrowth of feathers

Answer 8

molt

Question 9

The tube inside a hen that an egg travels through when it is ready to be laid

Answer 9

oviduct

Question 10

A female chicken under 1-year-old

Answer 10

pullet

Question 11

The tips of newly emerging feathers

Answer 11

pinfeathers

Question 12

Newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed

Answer 12

straight run

Question 13

Young turkey

Answer 13

poult

Question 14

Time young chicks require outside heat source

Answer 14

brooding period

Question 15

Baby goose

Answer 15

gosling

Question 16

Adult male turkey

Answer 16

tom

Question 17

Female duck

Answer 17

duck

Question 18

Male duck

Answer 18

drake

Question 19

Female goose

Answer 19

goose

Question 20

Male goose

Answer 20

gander

Question 21

Baby duck

Answer 21

duckling

Question 22

Amount of weight gained per day

Answer 22

rate of gain

Question 23

Time from when eggs are set until hatch date

Answer 23

Incubation Period

Question 24

Organ in which feed is physically broken down

Answer 24

gizzard

Question 25

Organ where reproductive tract and digestive tract join in hen

Answer 25

cloaca

Question 26

Organ which stores food before digestion

Answer 26

crop

Question 27

True stomach

Answer 27

proventriculus

Question 28

Castrated male bird

Answer 28

capon

Question 29

Air space in an egg, usually the large end

Answer 29

aircell

Question 30

Very small stones in a chicken’s gizzard to help grind up feed

Answer 30

grit

Question 31

Long cured rooster tail feathers

Answer 31

sickles

Question 32

Feathers located on the shank or toe of a clean legged chicken

Answer 32

stub

Question 33

A source of extra calcium for a laying hen

Answer 33

oyster shell

Question 34

A point or projection from the side of a single comb

Answer 34

side sprig