GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



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Ear Lobe. The fleshy growth below the ear; this may 

 be red, white, or other color, according to the variety. 

 Same as deaf-ear. See 5, Fig. 1. 



Eggs for Hatching. Eggs that are 

 suitable for incubation. 



Exhibition Fowls. A fowl suitable 

 for exhibition in a show room. 



Face. On a fowl, the part of the 

 head about the eyes that is bare of 

 feathers. 



Faking. A term equivalent in mean- 

 ing to deceiving; it is in frequent use 

 by poultrymen. Faking consists in re- 

 moving or dyeing objectionable feathers, in coloring 

 shanks and feet, in removing side sprigs, or in the 

 use of other unfair means to win a prize in a show 

 room. 



Fancier. A breeder of poultry, pigeons, or pet stock. 

 Fancy. A lax term for fanciers collectively. 

 Feather. One of the appendages peculiar to and grow- 

 ing out of the skin of a fowl or a bird, collectively 

 forming the plumage. Fig. 12. A 

 feather is commonly composed of the 

 following principal parts: web a, in 

 which the barbs are stuck together, 

 forming a thin, smooth sheet; the 

 fluff, or down b, in which the barbs are 

 not united; the shaft, quill, or barrel, 

 which is composed of a lower hollow 

 and tubular part c, and an upper part 

 d, which is filled with pith. 



Feather Cell. The cell in the body 

 from which a feather grows. 



Feather Legged. Said of fowls that 

 have feathers growing on the sides of 

 the shanks and toes; booted. See 25, Fig. 1. 



Fillers. The small feathers that grow between the 

 main tail feathers. 

 Finish. Gloss on plumage. 



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