List of poultry feathers
Some terms used for the feathers of poultry are identical to those used for feathers of other birds, while others are specific to poultry. They include:[1][2]
Feather | Description | Image | Notes |
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Beard | Feathers projecting below the beak | only in bearded breeds | |
Crest | Feathers projecting upwards from the head | only in crested breeds | |
Ear tufts | Feathers projecting from the ear | ||
Flight coverts | Short feathers covering the base of the primaries and secondaries | ||
Fluff | The soft feathers on the underside of the bird | ||
Lesser sickles | Long curved feathers of the tail, below the sickles | only in cock birds | |
Main tail feathers | The long straight feathers forming the tail, under the tail coverts | ||
Muff | Feathers projecting below and around the eyes | only in bearded breeds | |
Neck hackles | The long feathers of the neck | ||
Primary flights or primaries | The longest and outermost feathers of the wing | ||
Saddle feathers | Feathers covering the back or saddle before the tail coverts; in cocks they are long and pointed | divided into upper and lower saddles | |
Scapulars | Short feathers on the upper side of the wing near the body | ||
Secondaries | The long flight feathers of the inner part of the wing | ||
Sickles | The two longest curved feathers of the tail | only in cock birds | |
Tail coverts | Short feathers covering the base of the main tail feathers in cocks, and most of the tail in hens | ||
Vulture hocks | Stiff feathers projecting downwards behind the leg | only in some breeds | |
Wing bar | Short feathers covering the base of the secondaries and of the flight coverts | ||
Wing bow coverts | Short feathers covering the upper part of the wing between the scapulars and the wing bar |
See also
- Bird anatomy
- Feather
- Flight feather
- List of chicken colours
References
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- List of chicken colours
- List of poultry feathers
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- Poultry farming
- Broiler industry
- Beak trimming
- Forced molting
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- Chick sexing
- Chick culling
- Candling
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- European Union Council Directive 1999/74/EC
- Aspergillosis
- Avian infectious laryngotracheitis
- Avian influenza
- Avian sarcoma leukosis virus
- Histomoniasis (blackhead disease)
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Candidiasis
- Coccidiosis
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- Egg binding
- Erysipelas
- Fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome
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- Gapeworm
- Infectious bursal disease
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- Malaria
- Marek's disease
- Mycoplasmas
- Newcastle disease
- Omphalitis
- Psittacosis
- Pullorum
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- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Tibial dyschondroplasia
- Toxoplasmosis