Poultry Production

Question 0

What are the broiler industry leading states

Answer 0

• Georgia
• Arkansas
• Alabama
• Mississippi

Question 1

What are the two main purposes for poultry production

Answer 1

• production of poultry meat
  - broiler/fryer industry
• production of eggs
  - layer industry

Question 2

What are the egg production leading states

Answer 2

• Iowa
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• California

Question 3

What are the top country producers

Answer 3

• United States
• China
• Brazil

Question 4

What is a fowl

Answer 4

Any bird

Question 5

What is a pullet

Answer 5

A female less that 1 year of age

Question 6

What is a hen

Answer 6

Female over 1 year of age

Question 7

What is a cockerel

Answer 7

Male less than one year of age

Question 8

What is a rooster

Answer 8

Male over 1 year of age

Question 9

What is a capon

Answer 9

Castrated male

Question 10

What is a clutch

Answer 10

Group of eggs accumulated by a hen to set to incubate

Question 11

What is a brood

Answer 11

Group of baby chicks

Question 12

What is a molt

Answer 12

Annual shedding of feathers-end of laying season-light reflex

Question 13

Describe the mouth.

Answer 13

They have a beak and a barbed tongue

Question 14

What does the esophagus or gullet do

Answer 14

Joins the crop.

Question 15

What does the crop do

Answer 15

A specialized area of the esophagus and it’s job is to store good

Question 16

What is the proventriculus

Answer 16

Stomach

Question 17

Describe the gizzard and it’s function

Answer 17

Muscular organ that aids in the grinding of food. Feed gravel that stays I’m gizzard that helps break down food

Question 18

What is the function of the small intestine

Answer 18

Important for digestion and the absorption of nutrients

Question 19

What is the function of the ceca

Answer 19

Junction where the small intestine meets the large intestine

Question 20

What is the Rectum or cloaca

Answer 20

Chamber that is common to the digestive tract, urinary tract, and reproductive tract

Question 21

Describe the ovaries of the female

Answer 21

Hens have two ovaries as they develop then the right disappears. The left stays and develops

Question 22

What is the oviduct

Answer 22

They have two oviducts as they develop then the right disappears. The left stays and develops

Question 23

What is the magnum

Answer 23

Produces the egg white or albumen

Question 24

What is the isthmus

Answer 24

Puts on the shell membrane. Fresh eggs are hard to peel due to the membrane

Question 25

What is the uterus

Answer 25

Produces the egg shell that is made out of calcium carbonate

Question 26

What is the function of the vagina

Answer 26

Puts down cuticle that is a protective covering of the egg that protects the shell.

Question 27

How long does it take to produce an egg

Answer 27

27 hours

Question 28

Where are the testes and how many to roosters have

Answer 28

They have two testes that are located under the back of the body just under the ribs

Question 29

What does the epididymis do

Answer 29

- transport - maturation - storage - concentrates sperm

Question 30

What does the vas deferens do

Answer 30

Serves as transport.

Question 31

What are the ureters

Answer 31

Tubes that come from the kidneys

Question 32

What is the cloaca

Answer 32

Reproductive organ

Question 33

What is the cuticle of the egg

Answer 33

Outside layer that protects the egg from foreign material

Question 34

What is the shell

Answer 34

Made outbid calcium carbonate

Question 35

What is the function of the air cell

Answer 35

Allows for exchange of oxygen and CO2

Question 36

What is the shell membrane

Answer 36

Part of the completed egg

Question 37

How is the white made and describe it

Answer 37

Made from albumen and there are four different layers | -chalaza- anchors the egg yolk on both end of the egg

Question 38

What does the yolk do

Answer 38

Serves as a food source for the developing chick

Question 39

What is the germinal disk

Answer 39

If the egg gets fertilized this is where the embryo develops

Question 40

what are the characteristics that are looked at externally of the egg

Answer 40

- size - shape - shell color - texture - uniformity - cleanliness

Question 41

What are the characteristics looked at internally of the egg

Answer 41

- air cell - yolk - white - germ cell - shell - blood spots

Question 42

What is automated in layer management

Answer 42

- temperature controlled - humidity - feed and water - floor space - free range chickens - sanitation - light exposure and response

Question 43

What is managed during incubation

Answer 43

- temperature - humidity - egg position - egg turning - oxygen

Question 44

What percent of protein is required for a broiler

Answer 44

20-23%

Question 45

What percent of protein is required for layers and what other mineral is important

Answer 45

14-16% and calcium

Question 46

What percent of protein in required for turkeys

Answer 46

14-28%

Question 47

What disease are common in chickens

Answer 47

- respiratory | - coccidiosis

Question 48

What parasites are common in chickens

Answer 48

``` External -Lice (40 species) -Mites Internal -Roundworm -Tapeworms ```