APPENDIX 



GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



Barring: Bars extending across a feather at right angles to its 



length, or nearly so. 

 Beard : In chickens, a group of feathers pendent from the throat, 



as in Houdans and Polish. In turkeys, a tuft of coarse, bristly 



hairs, four to six inches long, projecting from upper part of 



breast of mature males. 

 Beak: The projecting mouth parts of chickens and turkeys, consist- 

 ing of upper and lower mandibles. 

 Bill: The projecting mouth parts of water fowl consisting of upper 



and lower mandibles. 

 Blade: The rear part of a single comb, back of the last well-defined 



point, usually extending beyond the crown of the head. 

 Breed: A race of fowls, the members of which maintain distinctive 



shape characteristics that they possess in common. Breed is a 



broader term than variety. Breed includes varieties, as, for 



example, the Barred, White, and Buflf varieties of the Plymouth 



Rock breed. 

 Brood : All the young birds hatched or cared for at one time by one 



mother, or in one brooder. 

 Chicks: The young of the domestic hen. properly applied until the 



sex can be distinguished; sometimes used to designate specimens 



less than one year old. 

 CocK: A male fowl one year old and over. 

 Cockerel : A male fowl less than one year old. 

 CoMB: The fleshy protuberance growing on the top of a fowl's head. 



The standard varieties of combs are: Single, rose, pea, V-shaped, 



and strawberry', all others being modifications of these. 

 Condition ; The state of a fowl as regards health, cleanliness, and 



order of plumage. 

 Crop: The receptacle in which a fowl's food is accumulated before 



it passes into the gizzard. 

 Disqualification: A deformity or serious defect that renders a 



fowl unworthy to win a prize. 



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