Poultry Terms
Combs
Feathers
Body Parts
Miscellaneous
100
a young meat type chicken.
What is a fryer?
100
A fleshy growth or crest on top of their head.
What is a comb?
100
any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird.
What is the quill?
100
On top of the chickens head.
Where is the comb located?
100
A group of birds living together.
What is a flock?
200
a meat type chicken.
What is a broiler?
200
round, small, no pointed comb.
What is a cushion?
200
on each side of the rachis and is composed of barbs.
Where is the vane located?
200
Beak
Does a chicken have a beak or a bill?
200
Alektorophobia
What is the fear of birds called?
300
meat type chicken raised to a size that makes them suitable for roasting.
What is a roaster?
300
no point and not as flat. Raised higher and resemble strawberries.
What is a strawberry?
300
The more broken up feather.
What is the afterfeather?
300
a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic rooster or other bird.
What are hackles?
300
Large enclosure for holding birds.
What is a aviary?
400
a adult male domesticated chicken.
What is a rooster?
400
appearance of little devils with long,red horns.
What is a V comb?
400
tapered central shaft, the rachis, with paired branches.
What is the barb of a feather?
400
each of the smaller feathers covering the bases of the main feathers.
What are tail coverts?
400
Class of animals composed of birds.
What is aves?
500
chicken breed that is 1/3-1/2 the size of the standard breed.
What is a bantam?
500
Big,pitted and round. They can grow huge and nearly cover their bearers face.
What is a walnut?
500
a minute filament projecting from the barb of a feather.
What is the barbule?
500
The two longest curved feathers of the tail
What are sickles?
500
Non technical term for a laying hen that is not over a year of age.
What is a biddy?
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