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Regional and State Bowl questions 2014 Flashcards

1
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What two countries does the turkey industry export to the most?

A

Russia and Mexico

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2
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What is the major difference between male and female chicken feathers?

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Males are pointed and females are rounded

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3
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Where does the Saddleback Pomeranian originate?

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Germany

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4
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The Khaki Campbell lays many eggs, is a triple purpose breed, and has an English origin, like what other duck breed?

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Magpie

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5
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What is the wing carriage for the Japanese bantam?

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Drooping or carried low to the ground

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Why, when being judged, are the runner ducks held in a circular enclosure?

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So the judges can see them on the move, or walking around.

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7
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What is the first characteristic of a runner duck that is considered when being judged?

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It’s body shape and their upright carriage

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8
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What happens when you cross a Muscovy duck with any other species?

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The ducklings become sterile

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9
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How much skin can be missing from a grade C carcass?

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No limit

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10
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When candling the egg white, what is a way to tell how thick it is?

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The movement of the yolk when the egg is spinned

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11
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What happens to the yolk membrane when an embryo forms in the egg?

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It is absorbed by the growing embryo

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12
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What are feathers that curl up and back?

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Frizzled

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13
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What is a castrated male called?

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Capon

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14
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What is substance made in the pigeon’s crop that is regurgitated to the squab?

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Pigeon milk

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15
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When does the mallard duck molt?

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Summer

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16
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What two enzymes does the true stomach secrete?

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Hydrochloric acid and pepsin.

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17
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How many minutes after a hen lays an egg does she start a new one?

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30 minutes

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18
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How many hours does it take for a hen to produce an egg?

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24¬26 hours

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19
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What color skin and eggs does the Cornish have?

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Yellow skin and brown eggs

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20
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What vitamin is found in green plants and certain vegetables?

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Vitamin K

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21
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What is the term used to describe the carriage and body placement of the modern game?

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Station

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22
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How many goose eggs can a chicken hen incubate?

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6 (depends on breed)

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23
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List 5 factors of cannibalism

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Light, nutrition, territorial aggression, age, overcrowding, temperature, sanitation, external parasites, equipment.

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24
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The creator of this duck breed entered the breed in the Saxony fair. What is the breed?

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The Saxony duck

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25
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In what state was the first poultry exhibition held?

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Massachusetts

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26
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Name three parts of the wing

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Primaries, secondaries, primary coverts, secondary coverts, wing bar.

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27
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What is biosecurity?

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Measures taken to prevent disease caused by infectious agents.

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28
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What are bits and pieces of mixed grain fed to pigeons called?

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Pigeon pellets or checkers

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29
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A. Churchill was the first to develop a vaccine against a significant cancerous growth in what disease?

A

Marek’s disease

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30
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What State is the leading broiler production?

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Arkansas

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31
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What disease is not caused by Viral Infection?

A

Coccidiosis

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32
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How many Hens can use 1 nesting box?

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4 to 5 Hens

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33
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Why should you remove early born hatchlings?

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To keep the hen on nest so rest of eggs will hatch

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34
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What are Guinea hen babies called?

A

Keets

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35
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What is keel headed?

A

Not provided answer anyone know?

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36
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What is budding?

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Not provided answer anyone know?

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37
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Duck weights and age when go to market?

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7-8 weeks age and weighs 4 lbs

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38
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When do pigeons leave nest?

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when they are sick of their mom and dad

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39
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What are two ways to help hatch waterfowl?

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stop turning the eggs 2 – 3 days before hatching, humidity, turn eggs horizontally

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40
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Horizontal Passage is?

A

disease transmitted from bird to bird

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41
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What is the most common lameness in adult waterfowl

A

Bumblefoot

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42
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What is knock kneed?

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deformity where the hocks are closed together than at the feet.

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43
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What are the Marek’s Diesease Symptoms?

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paralysis and death

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44
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What is white cake, tall and light in texture and leavened only by beaten egg whites?

A

Angel Food Cake

45
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What is Faking?

A

Self-evident attempt to remove or conceal a disqualification or serious defect, thus creating a look that does not naturally exist. This will cause you to be disqualified.

46
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What disease can poultry have a grey eye?

A

Marek’s Disease

47
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What do you feed young ducks?

A

Non-medicated feed

48
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How fast does Salmonella Poison affect Human?

A

within 12 to 36 hours you start to have diarrhea, fever, and vomiting that could last 2 to 7 days

49
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What is Tufts or Ear Tufts?

A

feathers protruding on both sides of the neck, located below the ear.

50
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What is Stub?

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short section of the stem of a feather sometimes with a few short barbs attached.

51
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When can a stub cause you to be disqualified?

A

When this is found on shanks, or on or between the toes of clean legged breeds.

52
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What are the External symptoms of Fowl Pox on Chickens?

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White to yellow bumps on comb, face or wattles turning to scabs,

53
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What are the Internal Symptoms of Fowl Pox on Chickens?

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Internal cankers in membranes of mouth, throat, and windpipe, causing difficulty to breath; nasal or eye discharge.

54
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What is Plumage?

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The collective feather covering of the entire body of a fowl, including the head, neck, wings, tail and where specific for breed the shanks and toes.

55
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What Continental Breed lays tinted eggs?

A

Faverolles

56
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What Breed was discovered in South America?

A

Araucanas

57
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Brooding Chickens how much light do they need for the first 48 hours?

A

24 hours

58
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How much light do Brooding Chickens need after the first 48 hours?

A

take advantage of the natural daylight

59
Q

Describe the Class A Caracass?

A

Not have any cuts, tears, or missing skin.

60
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What missing parts are allowed on a Class A Carcass?

A

The wing tips and tail missing where the tail joins the back.

61
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How many disjointed and broken bones can a Class A Carcass have?

A

No Broken Bones and one disjointed

62
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What type of comb does a Large Cochin have?

A

Single

63
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What are the requirements for good laying flock?

A

Good Breeding stock, food, management, disease control

64
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Squab age released from nest for market?

A

4 weeks

65
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Broiler pounds at market?

A

4.5 lbs

66
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What are some of the items can use for pigeon bedding?

A

coarse hay, chopped straw, or tobacco stems

67
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What are the benefits of plastic versus wooden crates?

A

More easily cleaned and doesn’t harbor disease

68
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Name parts of the egg that are in the yolk?

A

Ferminal Spot, Latebra, yolk membrane

69
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What is in the shell membrane

A

Air Cell, Outer shell membrane, Inner shell membrane

70
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Albumen consists of four alternating layers of thick and thin consistencies – List what they are?

A

Inner Thick = chalaziferous white, Inner thin white, Outer thick white and Outer thin white

71
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The Albumen consists of most of the eggs liquid weight – What is the Percentage?

A

67%

72
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If an egg has no blood spots what is the grade?

A

AA Quality

73
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If an egg has an air cell that is > 3/16 inch depth, what would its grade be

A

B quality

74
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If the yolk is slightly defined, what grade?

A

AA Quality

75
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What do ridges on a shell result in?

A

Weakened shells

76
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What is a disjointed bone?

A

A bone that is out of its socket

77
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Name 2 symptoms of staphylococcus aureus (Staph) within 2 to 8 hours of eating?

A

Vomiting and Diarrhea (Lasts about a day or two)

78
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What are the symptoms of Salmonella within 12 to 36 hours?

A

Diarrhea, Fever, Vomiting (which last 2 to 7 days)

79
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What are the Duck Breeds?

A

Heavy, Medium, Light, Bantam

80
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What Ducks make up the Heavy Breed?

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Aylesbury, Muscovy (Pato), Pekin, Rouen

81
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What Ducks make up the Medium Breed?

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Buff, Cayuga, Crested, Swedish

82
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What Ducks make up the light breed?

A

Campbell, magpie, runner

83
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What Ducks make up the Bantam?

A

Call, East India, Mallard

84
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What are the Geese Breeds?

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Heavy, Medium, Light

85
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What Geese make up the Heavy Breed?

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Toulouse, Embden, African

86
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What Geese make up the medium breed?

A

Sebastopol, Pilgrim, American Buff, Saddleback Pomeranian

87
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What Geese makes up the Light breed?

A

Chinese, Tufted Roman, Canada, Egyptian

88
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During the first week have the temperature at 90 degrees after 10 days what do you do with the temperature?

A

Reduce the temperature 5 degrees per week until you reach 70 degrees

89
Q

Incubation period for most ducks is?

A

28 days

90
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Incubation period for Moscovy Ducks?

A

35 days

91
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Most Geese Incubation period is?

A

30 days

92
Q

Canada and Egyptian Geese Incubate for how many days?

A

25 days

93
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What is a twisted wing on waterfowl?

A

When the primary feathers on one or both wings grow away from the body.

94
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Can a twisted wing be inherited?

A

Yes

95
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What is a blowout?

A

Part of the cloaca and oviduct are forces out of the vent. Occurs usually in young female lays an oversized egg or when overweight breeding females come into production.

96
Q

Name two ways to prevent infestations of lice or mites?

A

Raise waterfowl on well-drained soil, keep bedding or laying areas clean, keep bedding or laying areas clean, keep feed dry, discourage any contact between your birds and wild waterfowl.

97
Q

Lustrous feathers on a birds wing?

A

Speculum

98
Q

Artificial Incubation all require what?

A

Humidity, Heat, Turning, Ventilation

99
Q

What is the difference between Angel Food Cake and Sponge Cake?

A

Sponge Cake can be made with Whole Eggs where as Angel Food Cake only uses Egg Whites.

100
Q

What are two paracidic diseases in game girds?

A

Coccidiosis, Black head

101
Q

As an egg ages what leave through the pores of a shell to make an air cell bigger

A

Moisture and CO2

102
Q

Belaching Order

A

Vent, Eye-ring, ear lobe, beak, foot, shank, hock, toes

103
Q

How many eggs per year to bantams lay?

A

> 350

104
Q

Where do cocketeils come from?

A

Australia

105
Q

What is the only Ratite with 2 toes?

A

Ostrich

106
Q

What is keel Headed?

A

Disqualification in chickens

107
Q

When is it easier to pluck a ducks feather?

A

In the fall because they are mature

108
Q

What is the color of a black astralorp

A

Red

109
Q

What makes a walnut comb?

A

Rose and a Pea comb

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