Important Poultry Chicken Terminologies:

1. Broiler: Young chicken grown for meat production.

2. Layer: Female chicken grown for egg production.

3. Breeder: Adult chicken used for breeding purposes.

4. Chick: Young chicken, usually under 4 weeks old.

5. Pullet: Young female chicken, usually under 1 year old.

6. Cockerel: Young male chicken, usually under 1 year old.

7. Hen: Adult female chicken.

8. Rooster: Adult male chicken.

9. Flock: Group of chickens.

10. Hatchery: Facility where eggs are hatched.

11. Incubator: Machine used to hatch eggs.

12. Brooding: Rearing young chickens.

13. Grow-out: Rearing chickens from brooding to market age.

14. Laying cycle: Period of egg production by a hen.

15. Molting: Shedding of feathers, usually accompanied by a pause in egg production.

16. Pecking order: Social hierarchy among chickens.

17. Scrambled eggs: Fertilized eggs that have been mixed up during incubation.

18. Straight-run: Chicks that have not been sexed.

19. Sexing: Determining the gender of chicks.

20. Vaccination: Administering vaccines to protect against diseases.

21. Beak trimming: Trimming the beak to prevent pecking damage.

22. Debeaking: Removing the upper part of the beak to prevent it from injuring other birds.

23. Culling: Removing weak or unhealthy birds from the flock.

24. Grading: Sorting eggs or chickens by size or quality.

25. Gut health: The balance of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system.