GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



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Caruncles. Irregular growths of flesh such as occur on 

 the head and neck of turkeys and Muscovy ducks. Fig. 6. 



Carunculated. Covered with carun- 

 cles. 



Castrate. To remove the testicles, the 

 organs of reproduction, from a male 

 fowl. 



Cavernous. Said of nostrils that are 

 prominent and deeply hollowed. Such 

 nostrils are found on crested fowls. 

 Fig. 7. 



Chain Armor. Faulty lacing on the 

 claret-colored breast of a Rouen drake. 



Chick. One of the newly hatched young of fowls or 

 birds. 



Chicken. Specifically, a fowl less than 1 yr. old; com- 

 monly, a fowl of any age. 



Cinnamon Color. A dark reddish 

 buff, formerly admissible on one va- 

 } riety of Cochins. 



Claret Color. Descriptive of the breast 

 color of a Rouen drake. 



Clean Legged. A term used in de- 

 scribing a fowl that has no feathers on 

 its shanks or toes. 



Close Feathered. See tight feathered. 

 Cloudy. A term applied to plumage that has irregular 

 markings. See mossiness. 



Clutch. -The number of eggs a domestic fowl incubates, 

 or sits on, at one time, usually from 11 to 15. See 

 sitting. 



Coat. The plumage of a fowl taken as a whole. 

 Cob. A male swan. 



Cobby. A term applied in England to a fowl that is 

 thick set, heavily built, and round in form. See blocky. 

 Cock. A male fowl more than 1 yr. old; the term is 

 commonly applied to pit game cocks of any age. 



Cockerel. A male fowl less than 1 yr. old. The practice 

 in the show room is to allow males to be shown as 



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