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2
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a group of birds that reproduce their own likeness in their offspring. A variety is a group within a breed that are distinguished by a difference of a single characteristic eg. feather colour or comb type.
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5
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the common external opening for the digestive, urinary and reproductive tracts of the fowl.
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6
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the term used to describe chickens from day old to the end of brooding.
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8
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those eggs in which fertilisation of the blastodisc has occurred to create the blastoderm. The joining of the female ovum and the male sperm to create the embryo.
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9
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a female after the first moult. It is often used to describe females after they have started to lay.
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11
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he perch on which fowls rest or sleep.
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a bird with parents of two or more different genotypes (or breeds or varieties).
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eggs laid on the floor of the shed and not in designated nest sites/ boxes.
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the young of an animal before birth – the developing chicken in the egg.
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a number of birds of the same origin (genotype), age and managed in the same way.
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he common external opening from the cloaca for the digestive system, urinary system and reproductive system.
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