272 GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



Poulard. A female fowl, usually a pullet, in which the 

 egg-producing organs have been destroyed. 



Poult. A young turkey. 



Poultry. All domestic fowls. 



Prepotency. The superiority of one parent over the 

 other in transmitting characters to the offspring; that 

 is, in stamping its individuality on the offspring. 



Primaries. The flight feathers. See 37, Fig. 1. 



Producer. A fowl that produces offspring better than 

 itself. 



Pullet. A female fowl less than a year old. Show- 

 room practice allows a fowl to be exhibited as a pullet 

 during the entire show season that follows the hatching. 



Pullet Bred. Bred in line from a mating made ex- 

 pressly for producing pullets for exhibition. Both males 

 and females from such matings are called pullet bred. 

 Compare with cockerel bred. 



Pure Bred. Fowls that have no alien blood in them 

 are said to be pure bred. 



Purply.The effect produced by purple bars across a 

 black feather. 



Quill. See feather, and c. Fig. 12. 



Quill Bound. A condition in which the feather is 

 retained in its sheath, instead of the sheath cracking 

 and falling off. 



Racy. A fowl that is slender, trim, active, alert, or 

 tight feathered is said to be racy. 



Reachy. Said of fowls that have an upright carriage 

 and are tall, such as game fowls. 



Ribbon. The bright-blue band across the wings of 

 Rouen and other ducks. 



Roach Back. A back with a hump; same as hump 

 back. . 



Rocker Comb. A term formerly applied to the Wyan- 

 dotte comb; same as cradle comb. 



Rooster. Common name for a cock or a cockerel. 



Rose Comb. A broad, level comb, wide in front, taper- 

 ing to a spike, or point, in the rear, and covered on 



