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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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yolk
Meat products; Poultry
Ovum, the round yellow mass upon which the true egg is located and that provides nutrients for the developing embryo.
humidity
Meat products; Poultry
The amount of moisture in the air in the incubator; 50 to 55 percent relative humidity is ideal the first 18 days of incubation and about 65 percent the last three days.
variety
Meat products; Poultry
A subdivision of a breed, distinguished by color, color pattern, kind of comb, beard or leg feathering.
ballooning
Meat products; Poultry
Distension of the intestine or ceca due to accumulated blood, mucus or other materials.
large fowl
Meat products; Poultry
The original sized chicken (as opposed to Bantams) Large fowl typically range in size from 4 pounds to 13 pounds. They encompass most of the varieties of chickens people are familiar with but are ...
yolk sac
Meat products; Poultry
The follicle where an ovum and its surrounding yolk are held until the yolk matures and is released.
