About Lesson
Terminology related to poultry
- Capon: castrated male bird.
- Bantom: Diminiature form of chicken.
- Cockerel: Young mature male chicken which hasn’t started breeding.
- Coop: Pen or small room for pigeons.
- Drake: Mature male duck.
- Fryer-roaster: Young immature turkey of either sex.
- Gander: Mature male goose.
8.Poult: Baby turkey
- Pullet: Young mature female chicken ready to lay eggs.
- Squab: Immature baby pigeon, for meal production.
- Straight run chicks: Chicks when they come from the incubator.
- Tom: Mature male turkey.