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Poltery Terms
Body Parts
Feathers
Comb
Misc.
100
Fear of chickens
What is Alektorophobia?
100
This is located at the top of the chickens head and is different for different breeds.
What is a comb?
100
The end part of the feather that was used to write with.
What is a quill?
100
Most common type; has a simple straight row of spikes beginning at the bird's nostrils and sweeping back its head.
What is single comb?
100
This is a term used pertaining to birds.
What is Avian?
200
A chicken breed 1/3 to 1/2 the size of a standard breed.
What is a bantam?
200
This is located under the chicken's beak.
What is wattles?
200
This feather has a border of contrasting color around the entire web of a feather.
What is single lace feather?
200
This has the appearance of little devils, with their long red "horns."
What is the V comb?
200
This is a non-technical term used for raising hens over a year old.
What is Biddy?
300
A castrated male chicken.
What is a capon?
300
This is one of the paired, elongated middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
What is sickle feather?
300
This type of feather has a variable percentage of black feathers that are tipped with white.
What is mottled feather?
300
This is a big, pitted, and round, they can grow to shocking size and nearly cover their bearer's face.
What is a Walnut?
300
This is a class of animals composed of birds.
What is Aves?
400
A young male turkey.
What is a Jake?
400
This is the front feathers on the chicken.
What is hackles?
400
This type of feather is the alternate transverse markings of two distinct colors on a feather. It may be regular or irregular depending on the breed.
What is barring feather?
400
This is very similar to rose combs, except that they form no point and are not as flat. They are raised higher and resemble a type of fruit.
What is Strawberry comb?
400
This is a meat chicken between six and nine months old.
What is a broiler?
500
A young baby swan.
What is a cygnet?
500
This is the top part on the chicken's leg.
What is a hock?
500
This applies to several types of lines or marking on female feathers, the crosswise bars on feathers, the narrow concentric linear marking inside the edge on the web of the feathers. This should be characteristically narrow, uniform in width, sharply defined and continue in an unbroken line following the contour of the feather.
What is the penciling feather?
500
This type of comb is flat and close to the bird's head. Sometimes it will form a point and extend further back than the rest of the comb.
What is a rose comb?
500
This is a name for a young female turkey
What is a Jenny?