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. 



Canmculated. 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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