Poultry terms
Term for male chicken
What is a rooster?
This is the term for the female reproductive system that holds eggs.
What is the ovary?
What is the yolk?
This cut involves removing the thigh from the leg cut produces the drumstick, skin is present, and Includes a yellow shank at the cut
What is drumstick.
This is a term for female chicken
What is a hen?
We want this part of the poultry animal's head to be bright red to show virility.
What is the comb?
This is the anatomical term for where the hen lays eggs.
What is the vent?
This cut contains a breast quarter and leg quarter
What is half chicken?
This is the term for the digestive system poultry animals have.
What is a gizzard?
This is the opening where the hen lays eggs.
What is the vent?
This is the location where air is stored.
What is air cell?
This is the most tender cut of meat from the poultry animal
What is the tenderloin?
This is the term for a poultry animal grown for their meat.
What is a broiler?
This is the curved feather that male poultry animals have.
What is the sickle?
Term for the egg white
What is albumen?
What is drumette?
This is the name of the chemical compound that transfers the yellow from an egg layer to the yolk.
What is xanthrophyll?
This is the sharp horned portion of the chickens legs used for protection.
What are spurs?
Term for the part of the egg where the embryo grows from.
What is germinal disk?
This cut Includes both sides of the breast along with rib meat
What is Boneless skinless whole breast with rib meat