Avian Quiz Bowl Study Questions

Question 0

When grading dressed carcasses there are five defects, name three?

Answer 0

Discoloration, bruises, exposed flesh, pin feathers, freezing defects

Question 1

When yellow shanked birds have bleached shanks it means that the bird has been laying eggs for how long?

Answer 1

Three mounts

Question 2

What is meant by dual purpose breeds?

Answer 2

Breeds that produce both eggs and meat, neither are as efficient as breeds that are bred for those specific proposes

Question 3

How many grades of dressed poultry carcasses are there?

Answer 3

Three

Question 4

Name two of the dual purpose breeds?

Answer 4

Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire red, white Plymouth Rock, barred Plymouth Rock

Question 5

What is the temperature of an egg when it’s first laid

Answer 5

104 degrees

Question 6

What is the relative humidity that helps eggs hold there maximum quality?

Answer 6

70-80%

Question 7

A complete starter rations should be fed to the chicks during the first?

Answer 7

6-8 weeks

Question 8

A publication giving a description of all recognized poultry breeds?

Answer 8

The standard of perfection

Question 9

The fleshy growth above a turkeys beak is called a what?

Answer 9

Snood

Question 10

How many weeks after hatch date are broilers ready to be butchered?

Answer 10

8-10 weeks

Question 11

What is a brooder?

Answer 11

A brooder is a source of heat that keeps the chicks warm for the first for to six weeks

Question 12

What is the preferred position to store eggs?

Answer 12

Small end down or large end up

Question 13

Selecting the layers from the non-layers is called?

Answer 13

Culling

Question 14

A term used to describe a serious deformity or defect that prevents the bird from getting an award?

Answer 14

Disqualification

Question 15

Anything that’s not perfection in a poultry show?

Answer 15

A defect

Question 16

An outgrowth that forms the outer covering or plumage of a bird?

Answer 16

Feather

Question 17

A collective term applying to chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, also means poultry?

Answer 17

Fowl

Question 18

The grade of eggs depends on the quality of the?

Answer 18

Yoke and the white

Question 19

True or false eggs with a white shell have a milder flavor than eggs with brown shells?

Answer 19

False the only difference between white and brown eggs is the color of the shell

Question 20

True or false large eggs are the best for all purposes?

Answer 20

False

Question 21

True or false eggs freeze at 32 degrees

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True or false grade B eggs have the same nutrition value as grade A eggs?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

A single elongated tapered growth extending from the rear of the rose comb is called the?

Answer 23

Spike

Question 24

Two long curved feathers of the males chickens tail are called?

Answer 24

Sickles

Question 25

The term used to designate those birds having feathers on the outer ides of the shanks, and the outer and middle toes?

Answer 25

Feather legged

Question 26

A term used to describe a tightly folded slim, tapering, whip like tail. It’s is a desired characteristic in some breeds and defects in others?

Answer 26

Gamy tail

Question 27

A term which is used to describe a curled feather or a feather that curves outward and forward?

Answer 27

Frizzle

Question 28

A female fowl over the year of one is generally called a?

Answer 28

Hen

Question 29

The joint between the lower thigh and upper shank?

Answer 29

Hock

Question 30

A definite division in the rear of a single comb is called a?

Answer 30

A Split comb

Question 31

The feathers that cover the primaries and secondaries wing feathers and the main tail?

Answer 31

Coverts

Question 32

A globular tuff of feathers on the head of some breeds is called?

Answer 32

A crest

Question 33

A male fowl less than 1 year of age?

Answer 33

Cockerel

Question 34

A comb consisting of of a single leader from the back of the beak to a hollow crown set firmly in the center of the head surrounded by a circle of regular points is called a?

Answer 34

Buttercup comb

Question 35

The short feathers at the juncture of the back and neck underneath the hackle and between the shoulders is called the?

Answer 35

Cape

Question 36

A cluster of longer feathers hanging from the throat of some breeds is called a?

Answer 36

Beard

Question 37

The horny formation projecting from the front of the chickens head forming the mouth area is called the?

Answer 37

Beak

Question 38

Two alternating colors running the width of the feather is called?

Answer 38

Barring

Question 39

The entire front of the body from the juncture of the neck and body down to the rear of the keel bone is called the ?

Answer 39

Breast

Question 40

An adult male duck?

Answer 40

Drake

Question 41

The mass of feathers over the back and base of the tail of a fowl giving it a rounded effect is called?

Answer 41

Cushion

Question 42

Indistinct or irregular markings which destroy the desirable contrast with the ground color is called?

Answer 42

Mossy

Question 43

Plumage of poultry in which the surface is spotted with colors or shades of color differing from the ground color is called?

Answer 43

Mottling

Question 44

The fleshy protruding par on top of the head is called the?

Answer 44

Comb

Question 45

A condition on the legs and toes of a fowl caused by small burrowing mites that raise and deform the scales is called?

Answer 45

Scaly leg

Question 46

A low, short comb that is set well forward on the head, it’s wider on the forward end and a slightly bumpy surface, is called a?

Answer 46

Strawberry comb

Question 47

A crest in which there is a division with feathers falling on either side is called a?

Answer 47

Split crest

Question 48

Miniature fowl that are about 1/5 the size of standard fowl?

Answer 48

Bantams