CHICKEN (EXT ANAT)

• ➢ Comb - It is the fleshy attachment on the top part of the chicken’s head, and it is usually red. This serves as a cooling system.
• ➢ Hackle - Feathers around the neck. Hackle feathers are raised when they feel threatened or want to intimidate a fellow chicken.
• ➢ Wattle -Two fleshy coloured, featherless fleshy fold of skin hanging below the beak. This also help to cool birds down.
• ➢ Cape - Narrow feathers between a chicken's neck and back. It is primarily for display and also serves to cool the bird down. ➢ Back - The area of the thoracic vertebrae.
• ➢ Saddle - The part behind the back reaching up to the tail.
• ➢ Main Tail Feathers - They are the feathers located at the posterior or caudal part, and they point upwards. Used for balance and flying
• ➢ Sickle Feather - In a rooster's tail and is the main long feather in the tail.
• ➢ Shoulder - Used for movement.
• • Wing Bow - The distinctively colored feathers on the shoulder.
• • Lesser Sickle Feathers -Long curved feathers of the tail, below the sickles.
• • Fluff - The soft feathers around her rear end. This keeps the chicken warm.
• • Hock Joint - It is the leg joint of a chicken, and it bends in the opposite direction.
• • Shank - It is the lower leg of a chicken that is covered by scales.
• • Spur - Bony protuberance on the inside of the cock’s shank not developed in female fowl. It is an effective weapon for protecting flock from predators.
• • Claw - Also known as a talon, projects backward from the ankle. It is used for scratching
• • Toes - Each foot has four toes, three toes point forward while one points backward for balancing purposes.
• ROOSTER

  A) hackle

  B) shoulder

  C) wing front

  D) wing bow

  E) toes

  F) spur

  G) claw

  H) lesser sickle feathers

  I) fluff

  J) hock joint

  K) shank

  L) saddle

  M) back

  N) cape

  O) comb

  P) main tail feathers

  Q) sickle feathers

  
• HEN

  A) HACKLE

  B) BACK

  C) TAIL FEATHERS

  D) TOES

  E) CLAW

  F) SHANK

  G) HOCK JOINT

  H) FLUFF