Industry Introduction

Question 1

Chick

Answer 1

Juvenile Chicken

Question 2

Pullet

Answer 2

A juvenile female chicken prior to laying (specifically less than 19 weeks old in the table egg industry)

Question 3

Cockerel

Answer 3

Juvenile Male chicken

Question 4

Hen

Answer 4

An adult female chicken (specifically 19 weeks old, or more in the table egg industry) (or adult female turkey)

Question 5

Rooster

Answer 5

Adult Male chicken

Question 6

Light Weight Broiler

Answer 6

A meat type chicken marketed at about 1.75 kg (31-32 days of age)

Question 7

Heavy Weight Broiler

Answer 7

A meat type chicken marketed at about 2.4 kg (38-40 days of age)

Question 8

Which is typically used more in the market today - lightweight or heavyweight broilers?

Answer 8

Heavier broilers - means have fewer chickens to have x amount of meat
100kg broilers - takes more small birds vs big birds

Question 9

Roaster

Answer 9

A broiler marketed at about 3 kg or more (7-9 weeks of age)

Question 10

Light Fowl

Answer 10

The term used to describe post-production table egg laying hens

Question 11

Heavy Fowl

Answer 11

The term used to describe post-production broiler breeders (males and females)

Question 12

Broiler Breeder

Answer 12

A parent of a broiler

Question 13

Spiking Male

Answer 13

A younger replacement rooster used to replaced aged broiler breeder males

Question 14

Table Egg

Answer 14

An egg sold for human consumption

Question 15

Breaker Egg

Answer 15

An egg sold for egg processing (pasteurization)

Question 16

Hatching Egg

Answer 16

a fertile egg used to reproduce stocks by incubation

Question 17

Poult

Answer 17

a juvenile turkey

Question 18

Tom

Answer 18

Adult Male Turkey

Question 19

Broody Hen

Answer 19

a turkey/chicken that wants to sit on eggs and stops laying

Question 20

Broiler Turkey

Answer 20

a turkey that goes to market at about 5.5 kg (10 weeks of age)

Question 21

“Hen” Turkey

Answer 21

a female turkey that goes to market at 8 kg (13 weeks of age)

Question 22

“Tom” Turkey

Answer 22

a male turkey that goes to market at 15 kg (17 weeks of age)

Question 23

Turkey Breeder

Answer 23

the male or female parent of a production turkey

Question 24

What does “ACP” stand for?

Answer 24

Alberta Chicken Producers

Question 25

AFAC?

Answer 25

Alberta Farm Animal Care

Question 26

AHEP

Answer 26

Alberta Hatching Egg Producers

Question 27

What does AI mean?

Answer 27

Artificial Insemination | or Avian influenza

Question 28

AMU

Answer 28

Antimicrobial Use

Question 29

AMR

Answer 29

Antimicrobial resistance

Question 30

ATP

Answer 30

Alberta Turkey Producers

Question 31

BB

Answer 31

Broiler Breeder

Question 32

BW

Answer 32

Body Weight

Question 33

CFIA

Answer 33

the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Question 34

CFC

Answer 34

Chicken Farmers of Canada

Question 35

CHEP

Answer 35

Chicken hatching egg producers

Question 36

COP

Answer 36

Cost of Production

Question 37

DOA

Answer 37

Dead on arrival

Question 38

DY egg

Answer 38

a double-yolked egg

Question 39

EFA

Answer 39

Egg Farmers of Alberta

Question 40

EODES

Answer 40

Erratic Egg and Defective Egg Syndrome

Question 41

EFC

Answer 41

Egg Farmers of Canada

Question 42

FCR

Answer 42

feed conversion ratio

Question 43

HH egg production

Answer 43

hen-housed egg production

Question 44

HD egg production

Answer 44

hen-day egg production

Question 45

RWA

Answer 45

raised without antibiotics

Question 46

SM5

Answer 46

the five Canadian supply-managed commodities (milk, eggs, chicken, turkey and broiler hatching eggs)

Question 47

TFC

Answer 47

Turkey Farmers of Canada

Question 48

What are the supply managed poultry commodities?

Answer 48

Broiler chickens (Alberta Chicken Producers) Turkeys (Alberta Turkey Producers) Broiler hatching eggs (Alberta Hatching Egg Producers) Table eggs (Egg Farmers of Alberta)

Question 49

What are NON supply managed poultry commodities?

Answer 49

Ducks Geese Quail Pheasants

Question 50

Name and describe the 3 pillars of supply management?

Answer 50

1. Production Management: Supply of poultry is regulated so that there is a constant supply of poultry products for consumers year-round and that supply meets the demand. 2. Predictable Imports: The federal government limits imports of poultry and poultry products so that market requirements are met primarily by Canadian production. 3. Pricing Mechanism: Prices paid to farmers for poultry and eggs are based on costs of production which means that producers receive a reasonable return.

Question 51

Why are costs of production typically lower in the US versus Canada?

Answer 51

lower labor costs an abundance of locally produced feedstuffs (corn and soybeans) less costs in heating barns closer proximity to major centres

Question 52

The United states is "vertically integrated" What does this mean?

Answer 52

meaning that large companies own most or all steps of the supply chain and farmers are contract growers’

Question 53

Which country is the largest broiler producer?

Answer 53

United States - Canada is 16th broiler

Question 54

What country largest turkey producer

Answer 54

United States (Canada 7th)

Question 55

Largest Egg producers?

Answer 55

China first, US second

Question 56

What was the Canadian Poultry Product Consumption like in 2016? Specifically Chicken Meat, Turkey Meat and Eggs?

Answer 56

Chicken meat: 32.5 kg per person (increasing) Turkey meat: 4.3 kg per person (increasing) Eggs: 238.8 per person (increasing)