Vocabulary 1
This is the type of chicken that we have at school. They are very docile and easy to handle.
Orpington
A chicken raised to lay eggs
Layer
This is the name of the part of the chicken, on top of its head, which keeps keep it cool in the summer.
Comb
This bird is big and is raised for its huge eggs and red meat. You can even ride this bird.
Ostrich
What disease impact chickens in the USA every winter. This disease changes and is different every year.
Bird Flu
A chicken raised for meat
Broiler
This chicken is found in most layer houses and is the most popular layer chicken in the USA.
Leghorn
This is the part of the chicken that can be used to tell what color egg it will lay.
Earlobe
This bird has an instinct to always fly back home. They are often used for racing.
Pigeon
What type of birds bring in the bird flu every winter?
Migratory Birds
This chicken is found in most broiler houses and is the most popular chicken raised for meat in the USA.
Corning Cross
An apparatus used to artificially hatch eggs.
Incubator
Breast
This bird grows extremely fast and is usually eaten on the fourth Thursday of November.
Turkey
This is the only poultry bird type that originated in the Americas.
Turkey
This grade of egg has more than 3/16 inch of air space inside.
Grade B
A heated space used to keep chicks until they can withstand normal temperatures.
Brooder
This piece of chicken meat is considered dark meat
legs or thighs
These birds live around water and are raised for their meat.
Geese or ducks
The continent in which chickens originated
Asia
This grade of egg has air space between 1/8 inch and 3/16 inch.
Grade A
This grade of egg has less than 1/8 inch of air space.
Grade AA
This is what causes chicken meat to be dark or white.
The amount that the muscle is used.
These birds are raised to be hunted.
Game birds
The continent in which ostriches originated and still live wild today.
Africa