Poultry Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
To examine the contents of an intact egg with light
A
candle
2
Q
A male chicken; also called a Rooster
A
cock
3
Q
A male chicken under 1-year-old
A
cockerel
4
Q
A female chicken
A
hen
5
Q
To remove a portion of a bird’s top beak to prevent cannibalism
A
Debeak
6
Q
A horny cap on a chick’s upper beak that helps the chick pip through the shell
A
Egg Tooth
7
Q
A rooster’s cape feathers
A
hackles
8
Q
Annual loss and regrowth of feathers
A
molt
9
Q
The tube inside a hen that an egg travels through when it is ready to be laid
A
oviduct
10
Q
A female chicken under 1-year-old
A
pullet
11
Q
The tips of newly emerging feathers
A
pinfeathers
12
Q
Newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed
A
straight run
13
Q
Young turkey
A
poult
14
Q
Time young chicks require outside heat source
A
brooding period
15
Q
Baby goose
A
gosling
