Poultry

Question 1

Largest consumed meat product world wide

Answer 1

Chicken

Question 2

Why is chicken so popular?

Answer 2

Price, health, religion

Question 3

Only country that uses supply management with poultry

Answer 3

Canada

Question 4

Supply management implemented in Canada

Answer 4

1972

Question 5

Poultry supply management

Answer 5

Quota, import control, pricing mechanisms

Question 6

When is quota required for chickens

Answer 6

300 broilers
1000 hens

Question 7

Quota

Answer 7

$500/ meat bird
Bought from former producer or increased demand

Question 8

Advantages of supply management

Answer 8

Steady income and supply without oversupply, managed practices, and improved wellbeing

Question 9

Disadvantages of supply management

Answer 9

Price, challenging to purchase quota

Question 10

Feather board regulations

Answer 10

Space, air quality, husbandry, bedding, and more!

Question 11

Audits

Answer 11

Ensure farm is meeting requirements

Question 12

Regulations create

Answer 12

Consumer support

Question 13

Chicken breeds

Answer 13

Regulated in Canada from international pedigree

Question 14

Bio security

Answer 14

Human and bird health
No disease in or out

Question 15

Main reasons chicken is cheap

Answer 15

Efficiency
35 day grow

Question 16

Variance in meat and broiler birds

Answer 16

From genetic selection
Some influence form management and feed

Question 17

Avian influenza

Answer 17

Viral infection
Wild and domesticated
Carriers without being sick

Question 18

Broiler breeders or parent stock

Answer 18

Breeding males and females to get fertilized eggs
Extensive

Question 19

Hatchery

Answer 19

Hatching eggs, high tech, vaccinated here

Question 20

Grow out farm

Answer 20

Open housing, intensive management, leave at 35 days

Question 21

Transportation

Answer 21

Modular crates, restrictions on conditions, special catchers, 3 hour transport

Question 22

Slaughter

Answer 22

Stunning or gas

Question 23

Turn around time of flock

Answer 23

8 weeks
5 grow, 3 clean

Question 24

Chicken efficiency

Answer 24

1.5 kg feed for 1 kg chicken

Question 25

Egg production

Answer 25

Major source of animal protein for poorest 20% Double the mass of beef production

Question 26

Layer hatching

Answer 26

Females retained, males killed

Question 27

Onset of lay

Answer 27

19 weeks

Question 28

Maximum rate of lay

Answer 28

32-35 weeks at 95%

Question 29

Rate of lay decreases to 65%

Answer 29

At 72 weeks, then flock is depopulated

Question 30

Average egg production

Answer 30

296 eggs per year

Question 31

Battery/traditional cages phased out by

Answer 31

2031

Question 32

Battery cage advantages

Answer 32

Reduced aggression, cannibalism, bone breaks, better management and quality

Question 33

Disadvantages of battery cages

Answer 33

Restricted movement and natural behaviour, increased osteoporosis

Question 34

Aviary

Answer 34

Expensive, dirty, hard to manage individual health, increased mortality, no pecking order, increased natural behaviour

Question 35

Free range

Answer 35

Not possible in winter, predator control

Question 36

Furnished hen housing

Answer 36

Enriched cages, easy management

Question 37

High omega eggs

Answer 37

Feed flax