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1 Young meat-type chicken between 5 and 12 weeks of age 2 A group of large, flightless birds, such as orstrich or emus
6 Young female chicken 3 Male peafowl
9 Baby goose of either sex 4 Castrated male chicken
11 Male chicken over one year of age 5 Process of poultry shedding and renewing feathers
13 Muscular organ inside a bird that grinds food 7 A young bird that has left the nest, but can not feed on its own
14 Shining a light through an egg to see its features 8 Mature male goose
15 Soft feathery covering on young poultry 10 A group of geese
16 A female peafowl 11 Male chicken less than one year of age
17 Young duck that has not grown feathers 12 Mature male duck
18 Male turkey 16 Young turkey not grown to the point where its sex is readily identifiable