Chick: A baby chicken (male or female) to about three weeks of age.
Pullet: A young female chicken
Cockerel: A young male chicken
Cornish Hen: A small meat chicken
Broiler: A meat chicken raised to the weight of 2.65kg or under
Roaster: A larger meat chicken raised to the weight of over 2.65kg
Flock: A group of birds that is raised by the farmer. There are an average of 30, 000 birds in a flock
Supply Management: The system under which the Canadian chicken industry runs. This quota system ensures that Ontario’s chicken farmers produce the required volume. Supply management balances supply with demand and prevents overproduction, flooded markets and depressed prices for farmers. It allows chicken production in Ontario to remain a sustainable industry that is profitable for farmers.
Chicken producer: farmers, the people that raise chickens
Bedding: Straw or wood chips, covering the floor of the barn
Drinkers: Automated water lines
Feeders: Automated feed pans which dispense chicken feed (they allow the birds 24-hour access to feed)
OFFSAP: On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program
Biosecurity: The practice of ensuring that sickness and disease are kept out of chicken barns. It means that anyone visiting a chicken farm must say where they have been (in case they track a poultry disease from one farm to another), and follow proper sanitation practices
Crates: Plastic cages used to transport chickens in an orderly fashion to processing plants on trucks
Cleanout: The complete removal of soiled bedding; done after each flock has been shipped to market.
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