Unit 2: Poultry

what is used to determine the egg color before a hen lays

American, mostly black body with red saddle and cape, blue/ green eggs, often considered rumpless

Asiatic, light or dark markings with intricate white marking patterns, large body size, brown eggs

Asiatic, ranges from black, buff, partridge, and white; brown eggs

English, ranges from dark black, white, red laced, or buff colored, short with small feathers, brown eggs - broiler chicken - CAN LOOK SIMILAR TO LEGHORN

Mediterranean, white, red, brown, or bronze, small size, white eggs

American, red feathers, dual-purpose average size, brown eggs

English, black, blue buff, and white, large bodies and more muscled, brown eggs

American, barred, white, buff, and other colors, moderate to large size, brown eggs

Asian, different colored feathers, small size, large "head gear"

American, black, buff, partridge, and white; rectangular long body, brown eggs

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first body part that is bleached

second body part that is bleached

third body part that is bleached

fourth body part that is bleached

fifth body part that is bleached

chicken incubation length

broiler harvest weight

number of eggs laid in a cycle

weeks of age when a pullet is started in lay

the two most common housing types for layers at ISU and in the industry

trimming of the comb to prevent injury and cannibalism

miniature version of any given breed, not a breed by itself

flooring material, including bedding and feces that accumulate in broiler operations

shedding of feathers in order to rest and restart a laying hen

housing system that allows for free locomotion of birds, provides welfare and normal behavior

housing system where hens are kept in small cages, may not allow for normal behavior and movement

intact male chicken

young female chicken

mature female chicken

chicken offspring

castrated chicken male

intact male turkey

young female turkey

mature female turkey

turkey offspring