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Factory Farm

Long gone are family farms, in their place we have the factory farm; a place where animals are raised for slaughter in the fastest time possible. Factory farms turn out hundreds of thousands of animals in year. Because profit is the only concern, animals in this type of intensive system are crowded far beyond the point of comfort. They are often genetically engineered, physically altered, deformed, medicated, and manipulated. See also CAFO. [ Factory Farming ]

Fancier

This is slang for a person that keeps pigeons used for racing. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Fancy Pigeon

These are pigeons kept for show rather than race. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Field Dress

To field dress a deer (or any animal) is to remove its organs while still outdoors, usually close to where the deer was killed. Failure to remove the organs soon after a kill will result in the spoiling of the flesh. The body temperature remains high after killing a animal. By removing the organs the body can cool to the ambient air temperature faster (which is usually cooler and in some areas below freezing) and prevent spoiling. [ Hunting, Fur and Trapping ]

Fieldpoints (Broadheads)

These are arrowheads with razors mounted in them and are designed to penetrate the body of a animal. They are sometimes referred to as field points because they are used in the field (hunting environment) while hunting. Some broadheads extend the razor blades out to the tip providing a cutting action as soon as the arrow contacts the body of a animal, while others have a metal tip, usually designed to split bone, so that the razor portion of the arrowhead can reach the organs where they are lacerated. [ Hunting ]

Fill A Permit

To fill a permit is to kill a animal that the permit was issued for. If someone is deer hunting they must have a permit to kill a deer. If you have “filled your permit,” it means that you have killed a animal that your permit allows. Subsequently, a portion of that permit is also used as a tag to place on the animal. [ Hunting ]

Filly

A female horse generally under 4 years old. [40] [ Equine ]

Flag Racing

Contestants ride a pattern in the shape of a triangle. The first corner is marked by a barrel on top of which is a bucket holding a flag. Riders guide their horses around the first corner grabbing the flag as they pass. Riders then progress to and round the second corner (top of the triangle pattern) marked by a pole. When they approach the third corner there is a barrel with a bucket atop. The flag gathered at the start of the race must be placed successfully in the bucket at the third corner. If the bucket or pole on the first two corners is knocked over a five second penalty is assessed. If a contestant knocks over the last bucket or barrel a disqualification will result. Contestants may choose to run either clockwise or counterclockwise. [21] The fastest time wins. [ Rodeo, Equine ]

Flagging

This is the activity of making pigeons fly when desired usually for the purpose of exercising. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Flights

These are the feathers largely responsible for a pigeon’s ability to fly. Each wing contains twenty of these feathers. The ten feathers located near the body are called secondaries, while the ten farther out on the wing are called primaries. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Flush(ed)

A term used to describe the disturbance and subsequent fleeing of a animal from its ground cover. In hunting some species of birds, hunters have to flush birds because they often cannot be seen in their natural habitat. Often a dog is used to locate birds in the ground cover. Once the dog finds a bird it points (stance indicating to the hunter that it has found a bird) then the hunter walks up scaring the bird so that he/she may shoot at it. If no hound is available then the hunters kick and disturb the brush when they pass hoping to flush birds from within. [ Hunting ]

Flying to Perch

A type of racing, most often used for young birds, where the pigeons finish by flying to a perch rather than a loft. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Fret Marks

This corresponds to “any horizontal mark or deformity” present on a pigeon’s feathers. Blemishes of this nature are caused by inadequate nutrition and/or some form of stress. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Frill

The feathers on the neck of a pigeon oriented in the opposite direction than the rest. [66] [ Pigeon ]

Fur Farm

This type of structure is an intensive confinement system where furred animals are raised to be killed for their pelts (skin still containing fur). Animals are crowded into cages and rarely fed on a regular schedule if at all. Most fur farms house their animals in a colder, harsher environment than what is normal. This type of climate causes the imprisoned animals’ fur to grow faster. By suggesting that this type of facility is a farm or ranch, animal exploiters lend credence to the erroneous notion that furred animals are meant to be raised in this manner; that this is where they belong, “on a fur farm.” More appropriately termed, fur farms become furred animal confinement facilities where animals are imprisoned, enslaved and murdered. [ Fur and Trapping ]

Fur Ranch

See "Fur Farm."

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Posted/Updated: 10/21/04