Required
A standard has to be adhered to as directed.
Rooster
Male chicken.
Roosting
Birds who are perching or resting.
Rumen
The first of four stomachs of a ruminant, such as a cow or a sheep.
Cull
An unproductive or unsuitable animal or bird selected for removal from the herd or flock.
Split
(production system) A farming system that promotes some of its same species animal products under a certified system/label or by its own claims, while raising the remainder of its same…
Stock
Animals kept for commercial purposes on farm.
Stockyard
An enclosure for the keeping of livestock, sometimes associated with the sale of animals and slaughter.
Stress
A physical and mental state of strain or suspense that can impact an animal”s overall health, behavior and quality of the food product, stress is known to act as an…
Stun
The action of rendering animals insensible and unconscious prior to slaughter.
