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Poultry Industry Flashcards

1
Q

What are the common types of poultry in the U.S.

A

Chickens, ducks, turkeys

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What are the top broiler producing states?

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Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Mississippi

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3
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What are all domesticated chickens descended from?

A

The red jungle fowl

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4
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Chicken terminology

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Mature female: hen
Mature male: rooster
Young: chick

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5
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Turkey terminology

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Mature female: hen
Mature male: tom
Young: poult
Older chick: pullet
Younger rooster: cockerel

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6
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What is broody

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mothering behavior in hens where they are choosing they are choosing to sit on the eggs and incubate them

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7
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what is Battery cage

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A system of housing poultry in rows of cages in an environmentally controlled building

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8
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what is beak trimming

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the practice of removing the tip of the beak on young chicks to prevent injury to other chicks

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9
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what is a brooder

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a housing unit that includes a heating device to keep young chicks warm

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10
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what is a coop

A

enclosure to keep bird

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what is hatchability

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the percentage of fertilized eggs that hatch

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what is a hatchery

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a business that sells fertilized eggs ready to hatch or hatches eggs and sells the chick

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13
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What are the nutritional value of eggs

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they are high quality protein, rich in vitamins A, D, E, folic acid, riboflavin, B12 and pantothenic acid and have phosphorus, iodine, iron and zinc

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14
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T or F
there is no difference in nutritive value between the different graded eggs

A

True

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What are the characteristics of grade AA eggs

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They stand up tall, the yolk is firm and the area covered by the white is small

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What are the characteristics of grade A eggs

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the yolk is round and upstanding, the white is large in portion to the thin white and stands fairly well around the yolk

17
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What are the characteristics of grade B eggs

A

Spreads out more, the yolk is flattened and there is about as much (or more) thin white as thick white

18
Q

How old are hens when they start laying eggs

A

18 weeks

19
Q

What is the difference in chickens from the 1920s compared to 2017

A

They mature faster, are bigger in size and weight, produce more product, take less feed

20
Q

T or F, they grade eggs based off of the dozen

A

true

21
Q

why does the poultry number vary state by state?

A

Because of the poultry interval (genetic interval)

22
Q

What chicken is known for laying eggs

A

the White leghorn

23
Q

What is a dual purpose breed of chicken

A

White plymouth rock

24
Q

What are the five largest egg production states

A

Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, California

25
Q

What is light control

A

intensity and duration of light is adjusted to regulate production

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