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19 Cards in this Set
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Chick |
Newborn chicken |
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Pullet |
Young, immature female chicken Less than 5-6 months |
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Hen |
Mature female chicken |
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Rooster |
Mature male chicken |
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Roaster |
Male/female chicken raised for meat |
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Capon |
Castrated male chicken |
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Layer |
Hen used for laying eggs. |
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Broiler |
Chicken grown for meat |
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Group name? |
Flock |
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Candling |
Examining a shell egg's content by handling it between one's eye and a light source. |
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Clutch |
Nest of eggs |
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Egg |
Hard shelled, reproductive body produced by a bird |
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Green |
Description of chicks that have recently hatched |
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Axial feather |
Short wing feather that separates primaries from secondaries |
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Molt |
To shed feathers periodically |
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Plumage |
Feathers of the bird |
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Poultry |
Term that includes a wide variety of domestic birds of several species used for meat, eggs and feather production. |
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Infertile |
An unfertilized egg or An egg that started developing but died before growth could be detected. |
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Dead germs |
Embryos that have died after growing large enough to be seen when candled. 🕯️ |