List of poultry feathers

Feathers shown on this image from 1907 are:

•    8. Fluff
•    9. Saddle feathers
•    10. Sickles
•    11. Primaries
•    12. Scapulars
•    19. Tail coverts

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] [3]}

Feather	Description	Image	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

References

1. Victoria Roberts (2009). British Poultry Standards, 6th edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781444309386, pages 13–14.
2. Pam Percy (2006). The Field Guide to Chickens, 6th edition. St. Paul, MN: Voyageur Press. ISBN   9780760324738, pages 53–57.
3. J. Ian H. Allonby, Philippe B. Wilson (editors) (2018). British Poultry Standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain, seventh edition. Chichester; Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell. ISBN   9781119509141, pages 13–14.