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AFS Poultry - Chicken terms Category: Agriculture and Industry > Poultry farming Date & country: 20/01/2014, UK Words: 335

Bloom
the moist protective coating on a freshly laid eggs that partially seals the pores of the egg shell to prevent penetration by bacteria (also called the cuticle)

Billing out
the act of chickens using their beaks to scoop feed out of a feeder and onto the floor

Bedding
material scattered on the floor of a poultry house to absorb moisture and manure (also called litter)

Biddy
a non-technical term for a laying hen that is over one year of age

Bill
the 'beak' of waterfowl

Bay
light golden brown in color

Beak
the hard protruding mouth part of a bird consisting of an uper and a lower part

Beard
the feathers bunched together under the beak of some breeds of chickens; coarse hairs protruding from the breast of turkeys

Banding
putting a tag or band with identification on it to the wing or leg of a bird

Bantam
a chicken breed that is one third to one half the size of a standard breed.

Banti
a non-technical term sometimes used to mean 'bantam'

Barbicels
tiny hooks that hold a feather's web together

Barring
alternate markings of two distinct colors on a feather

Aves
a class of animals composed of birds

Avian
pertaining to birds

Aviary
a large enclosure for holding birds in confinement;

Aviculture
the science of birds

Axial feather
the short wing feather located between the primary and secondary flight feathers

Ascites
accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity

APA
American Poultry Association

As hatched
description of a group of chicks that have not been sorted

Antibiotic
a chemical produced by a microorganism or fungi and used to destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms

Antibody
a natural substance in the blood that recognizes and destroys foreign invaders and that causes an immune response to vaccination or infection

Antigen
a foreign protein in the blood that differs from nautral body proteins and, as a result, stimulates the natural production of antibodies

AOSB
any other standard breed

Alektorophobia
the fear of chickens

Allantois
a sac connected to the embryo's abdomen and involved in embryo respiration

Amnion
a sac surrounding the embry filled with amniotic fluid which protects the developing embryo from shock and provides a medium for the develop embryo to exercise their muscles

Anatomy
the structure systems of an animal (skeletal, muscular, digestive, etc.)

Anthelmintic
medication given to treat a bird with internal paraistes

Albumen
the white of the egg

ABA
American Bantam Association

Abdomen
area between the keel and the pubic (hip) bones

Abdominal capacity
the distance between the two public bones (width) and between the pubic bones and the tip of the keel (depth)

Air cell
the air space between the two shell membranes, usually at the large end of the egg