Terminology
A young female chicken raised to lay eggs.
Pullet
The pouch-like extension of the esophagus that stores and soaks food
Crop
The most common poultry raised for both eggs and meat, with four breed classes.
Chicken
An external parasite common to poultry.
Lice, mites, ticks, or chiggers
The yellow part of the egg that is the oocyte produced by the hen’s ovary
Yolk
A male chicken under one year of age.
Cockerel
The muscular organ that grinds food in a bird; birds often ingest small stones or grit to help it function.
Gizzard
Which poultry species is commonly raised for white meat with around 300 million produced annually?
Turkey
Internal protozoan parasite transmitted by droppings of affected birds.
Coccidia
The egg white.
Albumin
A castrated male chicken over 6 months and typically over 6 lb
Capon
Name two external anatomical features on a chicken used to assess health and that are fleshy projections on the head and under the chin.
Comb and waddle
Name two other poultry species mentioned that are raised for meat and eggs besides chickens and turkeys.
Duck, geese, any of the game fowl.
How long does it typically take to grow new feathers after molting?
4 months.
The name of the structure that anchors the yolk in the egg white
Chalaza
The broader term that can mean any bird (domesticated or wild), often meaning edible birds.
Fowl
During molting, hens typically reduce or stop laying eggs because they deplete this mineral used for eggshell production.
Calcium
Which poultry species is noted as very hardy and disease resistant and raised for meat, eggs, feathers, and down?
Geese
Avian influenza is transmitted directly through ____________.
Bodily excretions
Empty space at large end of egg where oxygen is stored.
Air cell
Hens that no longer produce eggs commercially.
Spent hens
Give the incubation period (in days) for chickens, and one other poultry species listed with its incubation range.
21 days
Turkeys: 27-28 days
Ducks: 28-35 days
Geese: 29-31 days
List the four chicken classes.
American
English
Asiatic
Mediterranean
This is the abbreviated name of the virus that causes Avian Influenza.
H5N1
The visible spot on an egg that indicates where sperm enters to begin fertilization.
Germinal disc