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Poultry
Poultry is a category of domestic birds kept and raised for the purpose of collecting eggs or killing and using their meat.
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feed (prepared)
Meat products; Poultry
Prepared chicken feeds come in "mash", "crumble", and "pellet" forms. They are designed to provide a perfectly balanced diet for each type of flock. Most prepared feeds contain such ingredients as ...
spur
Meat products; Poultry
The sharp horny protrusion from the inside rear of a bird's shanks, usually a cock or rooster.
fertile
Meat products; Poultry
An egg that is fertilized; the capability of an egg to develop into a chick.
stag
Meat products; Poultry
A cockerel on the verge of maturity, when his comb and spurs begin to develop.
