ans 001 poultry week

pullet

female chicken under 1 year of age

hen

female chicken over 1 year of age

chick

young chicken

cockerel

male chicken under 1 year of age

cock

male chicken over year of age

broody

hen wants to sit on eggs to hatch them

haugh unit

unit to measure egg quality based on the height of the thick albumen

higher haugh value

better egg quality

candle

to examine the inside contents of an egg with the use of a light

molt

part of a hen’s reproductive cycle when she stops laying and loses body feathers

sex-linked

male chicks are a different color than female chicks in certain breeds

straight run

unsexed batch of chicks

capon

surgically castrated male chicken under 4 months of age

cornish game hen

young, immature chicken of either sex under 5 weeks of age, ready-to-cook carcass weight of not more than 0.91 kg

broiler/fryer

young chicken of either sex under 10 weeks of age, tender-meated, soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin, and flexible breastbone cartilage

roaster

young chicken of either sex, 8-12 weeks of age, tender-meated, with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin, and breastbone cartilage that is somewhat less flexible than that of a broiler/fryer

stewing chicken

adult over 10 months of age female chicken with meat less tender than that of a roaster and a nonflexible breastbone tip