GLOSSARY OF COMMON POULTRY 



TERMS 



Brassy — White plumage with yellowish tinge. 



Breed — Groups of fowls with distinct characteristics. 



Brood — Number of young chicks being raised together. 



Broody — Showing a desire to incubate. 



Carriage — Characteristic attitude of a bird when at rest and 

 in motion. 



Class — Divisions in which various breeds are associated. 

 There are fourteen in the American Standard of Perfection. 



Cock — Male bird at least a year old. 



Cockerel — Male bird under a year. 



Condition — The state of a bird's health, plumage and clean- 

 liness. 



Crest — Tuft of feathers on the head. 



Crop — Receptacle which receives and softens the food before 

 it passes into a bird's crop. 



Cushion — Feathers at the rear of the back of a fowl. 



Disqualification — A defect which renders a bird unworthy to 

 compete for a prize. Disqualifications are named in the 

 Standard of Perfection. 



Down — The fine hairy covering of chicks. 



Drake — The male of the duck family. 



Duckling — Young of the duck family. 



Ear-lobes — The skin just below the ears. It varies in color 

 with the breed. 



Flights — Long feathers of the wings used in flying, but con- 

 cealed when the bird is at rest. 



Fluff — Soft downy feathers on a fowl's posterior. 



Gills — Another name for wattles. 



Gosling — The young of geese. 



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