Terms
Young female turkey
What is Jenny
Sharp point on its leg. Roosters use it to fight or protect themselves.
What is Spur
Stores and moistens food temporarily before digestion begins.
What is Crop
Produces & Contains eggs, called ova. Released during the chicken's egg-laying cycle
What is ovary?
Sperm and seminal fluid is produced.
What is testicles
Young male turkey
What is Jake
Fleshy part hanging below the beak, Also involved in mating behavior.
What is Wattle?
Muscle Stomach, Grinds food with the help of ingested grit (stones)
What is gizzard
Receives the yolk after leaving the ovary.
What is funnel of the oviduct
Filter waste from the blood and help control water balance.
What is kidneys
Young female chicken
What is Pullet
Lower part of its leg, just above the foot. Helps the chicken stand.
What is Shank.
Combines excretory, digestive, and reproductive functions.
What is cloaca
Tube where the egg moves through after leaving the ovary, getting its shell and other parts.
Carries sperm from the testicles to the cloaca.
What is Vas Deferens
Castrated male chicken and turkey
What is Capon
Fleshy crest on the head, typically red, used for temperature regulation and mating displays.
What is Comb
Glandular stomach
What is proventriculus
Where the egg white forms around the yolk.
What is magnum
Opening for the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems, where waste, eggs, and sperm exit the body.
What is cloaca
Young male chicken
What is cockerel
Set of feathers on its neck. Help protect the chicken and are raised when the bird feels threatened or excited.
What is Hackle
Helps digest fiber
What is Ceca
Shell membrane added around the white
What is isthmus
Small, spiny structures in the male's cloaca that put sperm into the hen.
What is papillae