What is a gizzard? like on a chicken?

Answer 1

"The gizzard is a specially-adapted stomach that is found in birds, reptiles, earthworms, some insects, mollusks, and other creatures that is used for grinding up food. It has a thick, muscular wall in many invertebrate animals, enabling a powerful crushing and pulverizing action. In certain insects and mollusks, the gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth."

For more information, check out the Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizzard

Answer 2

in many birds, the hind part of the stomach, especially modified for grinding food. Located between the saclike crop and the intestine, the gizzard has a thick muscular wall and may contain small stones, or gastroliths, that function in the mechanical breakdown of seeds and other foods. In this sense, the gizzard is comparable to the teeth of other animals.

It's brownish and hard.

Answer 3

It stomach, ew, my grandma loves chicken gizzards, oh yeah
N when she makes them the whole house smells

Answer 4

no one mentioned that the bird must first eat pebbles or teeny stones before they can eat. poultry farms feed baby chicks special dirt so they can digest their food. then the gizzard grinds the stones against the feed.

Answer 5

Its the equivalent of the stomach. Its where they grind up the corn or mash or whatever they've eaten so they can digest it.

Answer 6

A birds stomach.

Answer 7

I was Wondering what that was,because for Thanksgiving my aunt puts it in her dressing and I asked my cuz what it was and he said he rather wouldn't say.

Answer 8

So far they are all good answers, now, try them fried they are delicious.

Good appetite!!