09/09/2024
Poultry terminology:
1. Broiler: Young chicken grown for meat production.
2. Layer: Female chicken grown for egg production.
3. Breeder: Adult chicken used for breeding purposes.
4. Chick: Young chicken, usually under 4 weeks old.
5. Pullet: Young female chicken, usually under 4 months old.
6. Cockerel: Young male chicken, usually under 1 year old.
7. Hen: Adult female chicken.
8. Rooster: Adult male chicken.
9. Flock: Group of chickens.
10. Hatchery: Facility where eggs are hatched.
11. Incubator: Machine used to hatch eggs.
12. Brooding: Rearing young chickens.
13. Grow-out: Rearing chickens from brooding to market age.
14. Laying cycle: Period of egg production by a hen.
15. Molting: Shedding of feathers, usually accompanied by a pause in egg production.
16. Pecking order: Social hierarchy among chickens.
17. Scrambled eggs: Fertilized eggs that have been mixed up during incubation.
18. Straight-run: Chicks that have not been sexed.
19. Sexing: Determining the gender of chicks.
20. Vaccination: Administering vaccines to protect against diseases.
21. Beak trimming: Trimming the beak to prevent pecking damage.
22. Debeaking: Removing the beak to prevent pecking damage.
23. Culling: Removing weak or unhealthy birds from the flock.
24. Grading: Sorting eggs or chickens by size or quality.
25. Gut health: The balance of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system.
