TERMINOLOGIES

Question 1

meat type chicken grown to 35 days and weighing 1.5-2.0kgs.

Answer 1

BROILER

Question 2

a young hen, especially less than one year old

Answer 2

PULLET

Question 3

egg-type chicken, lays egg at 5 months old.

Answer 3

LAYER

Question 4

total number of eggs, or egg, laid by a bird during a single nesting period.

Answer 4

EGG CLUTCH

Question 5

meat-type chicken harvested when they reach 0.8-1.2kgs.

Answer 5

FRYER

Question 6

process of providing supplemental heat to broiler chicks from hatching up to the time they have grown sufficient feathers to control their own body temperature.

Answer 6

BROODING

Question 7

group of poultry, generally of the same age, that are hatched, housed, managed, and sold together as one unit.

Answer 7

FLOCK

Question 8

process where chicks are obtained from fertile eggs. it is a key process for the development of laying pullets and broiler chickens.

Answer 8

INCUBATION

Question 9

first covering/feather of a chick whose major function is for insulation.

Answer 9

DOWN FEATHER

Question 10

collective feathered covering of a bird. it provides protection, insulation, and adornment and also helps streamline and soften body contours, reducing friction in air and water.

Answer 10

PLUMAGE

Question 11

cutting of comb, wattles, or earlobes to lave the head smooth

Answer 11

DUBBING

Question 12

hollow, horny basal part of stem of a feather

Answer 12

QUILL

Question 13

removal of part of the top and bottom beak of a bird.

Answer 13

DEBEAKING

Question 14

longest feather of the wing, growing between pinions and secondaries, hidden when wing is folded otherwise known as flight feathers

Answer 14

PRIMARIES (WING)

Question 15

fleshy protuberance above a male turkey’s bill, in some cases hang down and cover the bill.

Answer 15

SNOOD

Question 16

fleshy bumps on the turkey’s head and neck.

Answer 16

CARUNCLES

Question 17

longer wing feathers growing from the middle section (exposed when the wing is folded under).

Answer 17

SECONDARIES (WING)

Question 18

toes are connected by skin to help it when swimming

Answer 18

WEB OF FEET

Question 19

having wings formed by membranes extended between digits

Answer 19

WEB OF WING

Question 20

projecting mouth of the chicken and turkey, consisting of upper and lower mandible, organ of prehension.

Answer 20

BEAK

Question 21

projecting mouth part of the waterfowls, consisting of upper and lower mandibles.

Answer 21

BILL

Question 22

act or process of depositing or laying eggs

Answer 22

OVIPOSITION

Question 23

a male chicken over one year of age

Answer 23

COCK

Question 24

young male of the domestic chicken

Answer 24

COCKEREL

Question 25

domesticated birds kept for eating or producing eggs

Answer 25

FOWL

Question 26

dark looking breastbone that runs along the middle of the chicken's activity

Answer 26

KEEL BONE

Question 27

natural process of shedding and renewing feathers

Answer 27

MOLTING

Question 28

a housing system used for various animal production methods, but primarily for egg-laying hens.

Answer 28

BATTERY CAGES

Question 29

a means of identifying infertile and early dead embryos

Answer 29

CANDLING

Question 30

a sharp horn-like protrusion that can grow on the legs of chickens, and is used for fighting and self-defense

Answer 30

SPUR

Question 31

farms that produce not more than 1,000 broilers/harvest

Answer 31

BACKYARD BROILER FARM

Question 32

farms that produce 100,000 or more broilers per harvest

Answer 32

LARGE COMMERCIAL BROILER FARM

Question 33

a chick that comes from a hatch that has not sexed

Answer 33

STRAIGHT RUN CHICK

Question 34

a hen who will not hatch eggs

Answer 34

NON-BROODY

Question 35

chickens that can be raised both for eggs and for meat

Answer 35

DUAL PURPOSE

Question 36

a bird's way of grooming its feathers to keep them in the best condition

Answer 36

PREENING

Question 37

walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

Answer 37

STRUTTING

Question 38

basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking one of higher rank

Answer 38

PECKING ORDER

Question 39

considered an integral part of chicken behavior, and is suggested to alleviate leg problems and enhance mobility in broilers, as it stimulates diversification of locomotion.

Answer 39

PERCHING

Question 40

group of geese

Answer 40

GAGGLE