Poultry Terminology

What is the correct definition of a broiler? 

• A 6 to 7 week old chicken that is raised primarily for meat consumption.
• An immature male chicken
• A chicken that is raised to lay eggs
• A mature female chicken

What is the correct definition of a pullet?

• A young male chicken
• A young female chicken 
• A mature female chicken 
• A hen that is no longer laying eggs

What is the correct definition of candling? 

• A mature male chicken
• Producing an egg
• To apply heat to an egg to make it hatch
• To examine the contents of an intact egg with the use of a light

What is the correct definition of a layer? 

• A mature female chicken that produces eggs.
• A young female chicken
• A chicken that is raised for meat consumption
• All of the above

What is the correct definition of incubate? 

• To apply light to an egg to see its inside contents
• Providing concentrated feed to hens prior to laying
• To apply heat and humidity to eggs to make chicks hatch out
• All of the above

What is the correct definition of a hen? 

• A mature female chicken
• A mature male chicken 
• A castrated male chicken 
• A young female chicken

What is the correct definition of a capon? 

• An adult intact male chicken
• A castrated male chicken
• A young female chicken
• A 6 to 7 week old chicken raised for meat production 

What is the correct definition of a rooster? 

• A mature female chicken 
• A chicken raised primarily for meat production
• A chicken raised primarily for egg production
• A mature male chicken

What is the correct definition of a cockerel?

• A young female chicken
• A young male chicken 
• An adult male chicken
• An adult female chicken

What is the correct definition of a spent  hen?

• A hen that is no longer laying eggs
• A hen that is starting to lay eggs 
• A hen that is only producing an egg every 48 hours 
• A hen that is producing an egg only every 4 days