Aviculture

Question 1

What are most feeds based on

Answer 1

Corn and soy

Question 2

What is the highest contribution to the cost of production?

Answer 2

Feed
70%

Question 3

Certified organic

Answer 3

birds must eat only organically grown feed (without animal byproducts)
can’t be treated with synthetic hormones or antibiotics.
They must have access to the outdoors (free range).
They cannot be cloned.

Question 4

Antibiotic free

Answer 4

appropriate withdrawal periods were observed to ensure that antibiotic residues are not present

Question 5

Raised without antibiotics

Answer 5

bird received no antibiotics over its lifetime post-hatch, but exclude egg injection

Question 6

No antibiotics ever

Answer 6

Raised without antibiotics and include the pre-hatch period

Question 7

Raised without added hormones (including steroids)

Answer 7

no hormones administered or no synthetic hormones mean that the bird received no synthetic hormones (no such thing as hormone free).
That said, synthetic hormones have never been used in poultry production.

Question 8

Broiler chickens

Answer 8

For meat
4-4.5lbs

Question 9

How do you breed turkeys?

Answer 9

Artificial insemination

Question 10

Nutrition for pet birds

Answer 10

Pelleted rations with some dried fruit and seeds supplemented