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Question 1

What are antibodies called scientifically?

Answer 1

Immunoglobulins

Question 2

What are mammal antibody names?

Answer 2

IgM, IgA, IgG, IgY

Question 3

What are the types of proteins?

Answer 3

Myosin, actin, FSH, and LH

Question 3

What is the length and time it takes for the Magnum to form in poultry eggs?

Answer 3

3 hours, 30 cm long

Question 3

What is the albumen of the egg?

Answer 3

The white part inside the egg

Question 3

What is the isthmus do in eggs?

Answer 3

where the inner and outer shell membranes form

Question 4

What is a uterus in chicken also referred to as?

Answer 4

Shell gland

Question 5

How long does it take for a chicken to deposit an egg?

Answer 5

20 hours

Question 6

What are the eggs rich in when laid?

Answer 6

CaCO3

Question 7

What is calcium homeostasis?

Answer 7

For maintaining sufficient blood levels in the animal

Question 8

What protein caused a mutation that formed blue eggs?

Answer 8

Billy Verdon

Question 9

What is egg porosity?

Answer 9

The number and sizes of pores on an egg

Question 10

How many minutes do chickens ovulate after laying an egg

Answer 10

30 minutes

Question 11

At what degree Fahrenheit should chicken eggs be incubated at 21 days old?

Answer 11

100 degrees F

Question 12

At what degree Fahrenheit should turkey eggs be incubated at 29 days old?

Answer 12

99 degrees F

Question 13

What age do chickens reach their peak lay?

Answer 13

29 week old

Question 14

Wintertime/shorter days will cause what?

Answer 14

reduced ovulation and egg production?

Question 15

What is molting in chickens?

Answer 15

Shedding of weathers

Question 16

How do you reduce molting?`

Answer 16

Bringing more light into spaces

Question 17

How do male roosters fertilize eggs?

Answer 17

Inseminate the cloaca

Question 18

What is the average body temperature of a chicken?

Answer 18

106.5 degrees F

Question 19

How long does sperm live to fertilize a chicken egg?

Answer 19

Sperm survives up to 10 days

Question 20

What does it mean when a hen lays a “clutch” and is “brooding?”

Answer 20

When a chicken lays a batch of eggs and is ready to incubate them for fertilization

Question 21

What age do male chickens reach puberty?

Answer 21

4-5 months

Question 22

When male chickens are castrated, it creates something called "capen." What does that do?

Answer 22

Makes chicken meat fattier and is a delicacy

Question 23

What is feather sexing?

Answer 23

When you analyze the feathers for their growth genetic line, see the slow growth to distinguish males and females.

Question 24

What is "in ovo" sex?

Answer 24

When you can determine the chicken's sex from the egg before they can hatch

Question 25

What are hatcherleries?

Answer 25

When a chicken is raised as an egg until they hatch and are a day old.

Question 26

What is the minimum body weight a chicken should have at a broiler?

Answer 26

5 Ib

Question 27

What age do broiler chickens live for until they re slaughtered?

Answer 27

40-50 days

Question 28

What is the dressing percentage of chickens?

Answer 28

78%

Question 29

What is the dressing percentage of turkeys?

Answer 29

83%

Question 30

Uric acid comes from feces and urine, what does it produce if not managed?

Answer 30

ammonia gas