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33 Cards in this Set
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Broodiness |
when a hen stops laying eggs and prepares to sit on the eggs to incubate them, once eggs hatch, hen will care for them, such hens are referred to as being broody |
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Cock |
a rooster aged 1 year of older |
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Cockerel |
a rooster less than 1 year old |
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Fowl |
any bird, but generally refers to the larger birds, in this context, refers to poultry species only |
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Gander |
a male goose |
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Incubation |
process of sitting on eggs by a hen to warm them with body heat so that eggs develop into young, can also be done artificially |
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Molting |
shedding of feathers by chickens, usually egg laying is reduced or stops during molting |
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Poult |
baby turkeys |
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Pullet |
young, female chicken |
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Tom |
a male turkey, aka gobbler |
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Capon |
castrated male chicken |
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Clutch |
eggs laid by a hen on consecutive days |
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Down |
soft, fluffy type of feather located under contour feathers, serves as insulating material |
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drake |
mature male duck |
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tim |
a castrated turkey |
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AAFCO (association of american feed control officials) |
organization that provides mechanism for developing and implementing uniform and equitable laws, regulations, standards, and enforcement policies to regulate manufacture, distribution, and sale of animal feeds |
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Bitch |
a female dog |
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companion animal |
an animal to whom an owner has an intense emotional tie |
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pet |
an animal kept for pleasure rather than utility |
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queen |
a female cat |
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body condition |
the amount of fat on an animal's body |
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colic |
a broad term that means digestive disturbance, major symptom in horse is pain, considered most prevalent, costly, and dangerous internal diseases of horses |
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hand |
one hand equals 4 inches, horses measured for height in withers in hands |
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laminitis |
commonly referred to as founder, an inflammation of laminae of the hoof |
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prepotent |
an animal that transmits its characteristics to its offspring in a consistent fashion |
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teasing |
placing a stallion and a mare in proximity to each other and observing the mare's actions |
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unsoundness |
any injury or defect that interferes with the ability of an animal to be used for its given purpose |
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blemish |
any defect or injury that mars the appearance of, but does not interfere with the usefulness of, an animal |
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jack (jackass) |
a male donkey |
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Jenny (jennet) |
a female donkey |
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mule |
offspring of a jack mated to a mare, usually sterile |
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pony |
small horse, less than 14.2 hands at the withers |
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trapnest |
a nest that traps a hen while she is on the nest so that her production and egg quality can be recorded |
