Terminologies of Poultry & Companion Animals

Rooster/cock

matured male chicken

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Hen

matured female chicken

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Chick

young bird (chicken); newly hatched

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Cockerel

young male chicken

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Pullet

young female chicken; less than one year old

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Straight run chicks

young chicks of either sex

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Broiler

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type of chicken raised for meat

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Layer

type of chicken raised for egg

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Fryer

type of chicken harvested at 1 kg or less

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Incubation

process of hatching fertile eggs

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Brooding

providing heat to newly hatched chicks

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Oviposition

act of laying egg

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Threading

act of mating in fowls

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Caponization

removal of testes

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Poulardization

removal of ovary

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Dubbing

removal of comb

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Debeaking

removal of upper portion of beak to prevent cannibalism

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Dewattling

removal of wattle

Drake

matured male duck

Hen

matured female duck

Duckling

young of either sex (duck)

Gander

matured male goose

Hen

matured female goose

Gosling

young of either sex (goose)

Cob

matured male swan

Pen

matured female swan

Cygnet

young of either sex (swan)

Tom/Gobbler

matured male turkey

Hen

matured female turkey

Poult

young of either sex (turkey)

Cock

matured male pigeon

Hen

matured female pigeon

Squab

young/meat (pigeon)

Keets

young of either sex (guinea fowl)

Butch

male dog

Bitch

female dog

Puppy

young dog of either sex

Whelping

parturition in dogs

Copulation

mating in dogs

Pack

group of dogs

Tom

male cat

Queen

female cat

Queening

parturition in cats

Clowder

group of cats

Kitten

young cat of either sex