Poultry farming Poultry farming A broiler is a chicken raised primarily for meat, as opposed to a one raised to produce eggs (called a Layer within the industry as it lays eggs). ...more on Wikipedia about "Broiler"
Candling is a method used in embryology to study the growth and development of an embryo inside an egg. The method uses a bright light source behind the egg to show details through the shell, and is so called because the original sources of light used were candles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Candling"
A capon is a rooster (a male chicken) whose testicles were removed at a young age. Typically the castration is performed when the chicken is between 6 and 20 weeks old. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capon"
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has decided to uphold an earlier decision not to prosecute the owners of two ranches where workers threw about 30,000 live chickens into wood chippers. She decided that brothers Arie and Bill Wilgenburg were not acting maliciously when they instructed workers to toss the hens into the wood chippers in 2003. They had followed the advice of two veterinarians to euthanize the diseased chickens. The American Veterinary Medical Association is adamantly opposed to the practice. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chick blender"
A chicken coop or chickenhouse is a building, usually the size of a small shack or shed, where chickens are kept on a farm or homestead. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chicken coop"
A chicken sexer is a person who has been specially trained to determine the sex of chicken hatchlings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chicken sexer"
A cock or rooster is a male chicken, the female being a hen. A young chicken cock is called a rooster or a cockerel. The term "rooster" is reputedly so used because the cock is said to roost over clutches of eggs to guard them. In fact, "roosting" is the action of perching aloft to sleep at night, and is done by both sexes. The cock is polygamous, and could not guard several nests of eggs at once. He guards the general area where his hens are nesting, and will attack other roosters who enter his territory. During the daytime, he often sits on a high perch, usually 4-5 feet off the ground, to serve as a lookout for his flock. He will sound a distinctive alarm call if predators are around. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cock (chicken)"
Debeaking, also known as "beak trimming," is a process by which parts of the beak of a chicken are removed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Debeaking"
Factory farming describes a type of intensive commercial agriculture that employs extreme growing techniques to produce the greatest ouput in the least space, usually with heavy use of agrichemicals and veterinary drugs. It often refers to large-scale, industrialized production of livestock, poultry, and fish. The practice is widespread in developed nations—much of the meat, dairy, and eggs available in supermarkets are produced in this manner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Factory farming"
Induced Molting commonly refered to as Forced Molting by its opponents is the practice by the commercial egg industry of artificially provoking a complete flock of hen to molt simultaneously. During the molting period, the hens go out of production for a period of 14 to 17 days. This as the effect of allowing the hen's reproductive tracts to regress and rejuvenate. After a molt, the hen's production rate usually peaks slightly below the previous peak rate and egg quality is improved. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forced molting"
Free range is a method of farming husbandry where the animals are permitted to roam freely instead of being contained in small sheds and cages, as in factory farming. It is believed by animal welfarists to be kinder to animals. The principle is to allow the animals as much freedom as possible, to live out their instinctual behaviours in a reasonably natural way even if they are later to be killed for meat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Free range"
Hock burns are marks found on the upper joints of chickens and other birds raised on broiler farms. These marks are where the ammonia from the waste of other birds has burned through the skin of the leg, leaving a mark. Many meat processors now remove these marks as they discourage customers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hock burns"
Muff/beard is a mutation found in chickens which causes extra feathering under the chicken's face, giving the appearance of a beard. Variously called 'muff and beard', 'tuff and beard' or just 'beard'. The terms muff and tuff are given to the seemingly separate regions closer up on sides of the head. This trait can be found in many chicken breeds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Muff/beard"
A pullet is a young chicken, more specifically a hen at least 20-weeks-old which has begun to lay eggs but has not yet moulted. Pullets are more productive than the older laying hens; they often produce eggs for an entire year, while hens will lay for six-to-seven months. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pullet"
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