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List of poultry feathers

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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]

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[roberts-1] [1]
Victoria Roberts (2009). British Poultry Standards, 6th edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 13–14. ISBN 9781444309386.

[percy-2] [2]
Pam Percy (2006). The Field Guide to Chickens, 6th edition. St. Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. pp. 53–57. ISBN 9780760324738.

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Feather	Description	Notes
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

Vulture_hocks

List of poultry feathers

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