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Digestion
Egg Anatomy
Reproduction
Anatomy & Care
Types of Operations & Terms
100
This is the external part of the digestive system the chicken uses to pick up food.
What is the beak?
100

What is the name for the egg white

Albumen

100
This is where the yolk develops from in the reproductive tract.
What is the ovary?
100
These pieces of equipment provide chickens with feed and water.
What is feeder and waterer?
100
This type of operation uses chickens as laying hens.
What is egg production?
200
This is the passage way between the beak and the crop.
What is the esophagus?
200
This part of the egg is where you can find the germ cell. It also nourishes the developing chick.
What is the yolk?
200

This is the part of the reproductive tract through which the egg travels to arrive at the shell gland.

What is the isthmus?

200
This is where chickens are housed.
What is a coop or cage?
200
This type of operation raises chickens for meat.
What is broiler production?
300

This is where food is stored and partially digested by bacteria.

What is the ceca?

300

The space between the shell and shell membrane

What is the air cell?

300
This is also known as the shell gland.
What is the uterus?
300
This regulates temperature in a chicken.
What is comb and wattle?
300
This term is given to a male chicken that has not been castrated.
What is rooster?
400
This grinds up food within the chicken digestive tract.
What is the gizzard?
400
This part of the egg suspends the yolk in the middle of the egg.
What is the chalaza?
400

This is the male copulatory organ used for mating.

What is the phallus?

400

The most important nutrient for chicken growth.

What is water and protein?

400
This term has been given to a male chicken that has been castrated?
What is capon?
500
Nutrients are absorbed here.
What is small intestine?
500

This part of the egg protects the egg and embryo from bacteria and foreign invaders.

What is the shell membrane or shell?

500

This is the opening the egg will pass through as it is laid.

What is the vent?

500

Male chickens have a more pronounced ___________ than hens and also have ___________.

What is comb and spurs?

500

This term is given to an operation that uses trays and forced air to raise new chicks.

What is a hatchery?