Poultry

Question 1

US annual income on poultry meat and eggs is

Answer 1

Over 18 billion $

Question 2

Chicken consumption increased from ___ annually to ____

Answer 2

4M to 19 M

Question 3

As the number of laying hens ____, egg production per bird _____. (Increase, decrease)

Answer 3

Decreased, increased

Question 4

Rank these, goose, turkey, ducks, peaf owl (peakcock), guinea fowl, pigeons

Answer 4

Turkey 
Duck 
Goose 
Guinea fowl 
Pigeon 
Peaf owl (peacock)

Question 5

Chicken genus species

Answer 5

Gailus domesticus

Question 6

Chicken terms:
Female-
Male-
Young female-
Young male-
Castrated male

Answer 6

Female- hen 
Male- rooster/cock 
Young female-pullet
Young male-cockerel 
Castrated male- capon

Question 7

Turkey genus species

Answer 7

Meleagris galiopavo

Question 8

Turkey terms:
Female-
Male-
Young-

Answer 8

Female- hen
Male- Tom
Young- poult

Question 9

Duck terms:
Female-
Male-
Young

Answer 9

Female- Hen
Male- drake
Young- duckling

Question 10

Geese terms
Female-
Male-
Young-

Answer 10

Female- hen
Male- gander
Young- gosling

Question 11

Pea fowl terms
Female-
Male-
Young-

Answer 11

Female- peahen
Male- peacock
Young- chicks

Question 12

Guinea fowl terms
Female-
Male-
Young-

Answer 12

Female- guineahen
Male- guineacock
Young-guinea keets

Question 13

Molting

Answer 13

Once a year feathers are shed and regrown. No egg production at this time

Question 14

Muscle color corresponds to

Answer 14

Activity level, higher activity=darker meat

Question 15

The crop in digestive tract is used for

Answer 15

Food storage

Question 16

The proventriculus is

Answer 16

The tru stomach

Question 17

The gizzard

Answer 17

Grinds food

Question 18

They have ____ ceca (cecums)

Answer 18

2

Question 19

Cloaca

Answer 19

Digestive, urinary, and reproductive tract end here

Question 20

Only the ___ ovary and oviduct are functional

Answer 20

Left

Question 21

White part of egg that is secreted as yolk travels through oviduct

Answer 21

Albumen

Question 22

Shell and pigment are secreted in the

Answer 22

Uterus

Question 23

Eggs are laid from the

Answer 23

Cloaca

Question 24

Transit time for egg laying

Answer 24

24 hours

Question 25

These are oviparous animals, meaning

Answer 25

Embryo develops outside the body in an egg

Question 26

Mammals are viviparous, meaning

Answer 26

Embryo developes in body, born alive

Question 27

Incubation time for chickens | Turkeys

Answer 27

Chickens: 21 days Turkeys: 28 days

Question 28

How eggs are determined to be fertilized

Answer 28

They are “candled “ (a light is shown through them)

Question 29

A brooding operation

Answer 29

Rearing (raising) young birds

Question 30

Brooding operations maintain high biosecturity, which is

Answer 30

Preventing disease from coming in farm.

Question 31

“All in all out”

Answer 31

Bird in one barn grow to certain size and age, all move at same time. Barn is then disinfected and fumigated (biosecurity)

Question 32

Egg laying begins at about ____ weeks

Answer 32

20

Question 33

Broiler chickens are how old

Answer 33

8-9 weeks (4lbs)

Question 34

Roaster chickens are how old

Answer 34

12-15 weeks (7lbs)

Question 35

Chicken and turkey have high quality | Low in

Answer 35

Protein | Low in fat

Question 36

Dark meat is higher in

Answer 36

Fat and cholesterol