Poultry Terms
Combs
Feathers
Body Parts
Miscellaneous
100

This is a meat type chicken that weighs around 3 to 4 lbs.

What is a fryer

100
This comb is a simple, straight row of spikes.
What is a single comb
100
The tail feathers on a rooster are called this.
What are sickle feathers
100

a spur is this

What is a point on the back of a roosters leg

100
This number represents the average male chicken weighs.
What is 12 lbs and 22 oz
200

This is meat type chicken that is 6 to 9 months

What is a broiler

200
This comb is flat and close to the bird's head.
What is a rose comb
200
The feathers that are on the bird's back are called this.
What are saddle feathers
200
the growth under the chicken's beak
What are wattles
200
Chickens have this number of toes.
What is 4 to 5
300

A Female chickens is called a ___.

what is a hen?

300
This comb has 3 rows of little bumps that are side by side.
What is a pea comb
300
molting is this..
What is a bird sheds his feathers
300
a silky comb is this
What is a round, somewhat lumpy comb
300
This number represents how many breeds of chickens there are.
What is 150
400

a young male chickens is this

What is a cockrel?

400

A pea comb is this size.

What is medium?

400
feathers are made of this
What is keratin
400
the buttercup comb features this
What are points from front to the back of the chicken's head?
400
This number represents how long ago humans started to keep chickens.
What is 10,000 years ago
500
The fear of chickens is called this.
What is alektorophobia?
500

A comb is.

What is the fleshy growth on top of a chicken's head?

500
the feathers that are around the chickens neck
What is hackles
500
The two breed that have a strawberry comb are these.
What are malays and yokohama chickens?
500
There are this number of color combinations in poultry.
What is 346
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