Production Segments

Question 1

What are the two objectives for the commercial poultry industry in the United States?

Answer 1

Meat and Egg production

Question 2

What type of eggs does the commercial egg industry produce?

Answer 2

infertile

Question 3

Which breed of chicken is typically used in the commercial egg industry?

Answer 3

Leghorn-Strain

Question 4

Which type of operation in the commercial egg industry produces fertile hatching eggs?

Answer 4

egg breeder

Question 5

The commercial egg operations in the United States produce ____ shelled eggs.

Answer 5

White

Question 6

What are the breeder males and females called on a breeder operation farm?

Answer 6

Parent Birds

Question 7

What is produced from the hatching eggs on an egg pullet and egg breeder operation farm?

Answer 7

cockerels and pullets

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT needed in the egg pullet and egg ;aing operation?

Answer 8

Cockerels

Question 9

Production level pullets are sent to _____ from growing pullets to replace older flocks of hens.

Answer 9

egg pullet operation

Question 10

On leghorn-strain pullet farms, birds are raised from hatchlings to approximately, ___to___ weeks of age.

Answer 10

16-17

Question 11

How does the egg company determine how much to pay the egg pullet growers?

Answer 11

number of birds produced

Question 12

Where are the leghorn-strain pullets moved to once the have reached maturity>

Answer 12

egg laying operations

Question 13

what percent of all table eggs are commercially produced b caged hens in large houses?

Answer 13

90%

Question 14

The production goals from a typical egg laying operations is to produce an average of one dozen table eggs for every ___to___ pounds of feed.

Answer 14

3.0-3.5

Question 15

The production goals for a typical egg laying operations is to gather ___to___ eggs per hen housed during a 52-80 week period.

Answer 15

240-350

Question 16

What is used to determine how the egg company pays the egg laying operation farmers?

Answer 16

number of infertile eggs produced

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT done at an egg processing facility?

Answer 17

incubate eggs

Question 18

Hard-cooked eggs, frozen scrambled eggs, dried/liquid whole eggs, dried/liquid white eggs are all examples of _____ eggs.

Answer 18

further processed

Question 19

Throughout much of the United States, the commercial broiler meat industry uses a white-feathered bird that is a cross between ____ and ____ chickens.

Answer 19

cornish & white Plymouth rock

Question 20

What is the first level of production in the broiler industry?

Answer 20

broiler breeder

Question 21

On broiler breeder pullet and cockeral farms, birds are raised from hatchlings to approximately _____ weeks of age.

Answer 21

20

Question 22

Broiler breeder pullet and cockeral growers are usually paid on _____.

Answer 22

number of birds produced

Question 23

What type of floors are used on the broiler breeder operation farms?

Answer 23

raised and slatted

Question 24

Where do the birds on the broiler breeder farms lay their eggs ?

Answer 24

nesting box

Question 25

why are broiler breeder operations more laber intensive than broiler grow-out operations?

Answer 25

frequent egg gathering

Question 26

How are growers paid on broiler breeder operations?

Answer 26

number of fertile eggs produced

Question 27

An efficiency standard towards which broiler breeders strive is one dozen settable eggs on ____ or fewer pounds of feed.

Answer 27

7

Question 28

An efficiency standard towards which broiler breeders strive is ______ hatchablility.

Answer 28

85%

Question 29

Where are male and female broilers taken after hatching from the broiler breeder eggs?

Answer 29

broiler grow-out farm

Question 30

_____ are young chickens of either sex grown as fryers or roasters to produce tender meat.

Answer 30

broilers

Question 31

What is a typical size for a broiler confinement house?

Answer 31

40' x 200'

Question 32

How many flock are typically raised each year on a broiler grow-out farms?

Answer 32

5-7

Question 33

WHat percent of broiler production occurs under a contract system?

Answer 33

99%

Question 34

What is used to determine how broiler grow-out farmers arectypcially paid?

Answer 34

number of pounds of birds produced

Question 35

A broiler should reach ____to____ pounds of lie weight in 6-7 weeks.

Answer 35

3.5-4.5

Question 36

How many pounds of feed should a broiler need to produced one pound of lie weight gain?

Answer 36

less than 2

Question 37

A broiler dresses into a ___to___ pound ready to cook carcasses.

Answer 37

2-3

Question 38

Ready to cook nuggets, tenders, and patties; hams, frankfurters, and bologna are all examples of _____.

Answer 38

value added products

Question 39

What is the preferred meat for domestic customers?

Answer 39

White meat

Question 40

Which type of meat is typically exported to other countries>

Answer 40

dark meat

Question 41

Throughout much of the United States, the commercial turkey industry raises and uses _____ birds.

Answer 41

broad breasted white

Question 42

What is the first level of production for the turkey meat industry?

Answer 42

turkey breeder operations

Question 43

On turkey breeder poult farms, birds are raised sex-separatelyy from hatchlings to approximately ___to___ weeks of age.

Answer 43

25-30

Question 44

What is the one difference from broiler breeder farms to turkey breeder farms?

Answer 44

toms housed separately from hens

Question 45

Why are hens artificially inseminated on turkey breeder farms?

Answer 45

Large breast area makes natural mating inefficient

Question 46

Turkey breeders require more labor than do broiler breeders, but payments are ______.

Answer 46

higher

Question 47

After the hatching of fertile turkey breeder eggs at a company owned hatchery, male and female turkeys are taken to ______.

Answer 47

separate grow out facilities

Question 48

A typical turkey operation has a grow out capacity of ___to___ birds.

Answer 48

16,000-18,000

Question 49

What percent of turkey production occurs under a contract system?

Answer 49

95%

Question 50

What is used to determine how turkey grow out farmers are paid?

Answer 50

number of birds produced

Question 51

Turkey grow out growers produce young turkeys that require approximately ___ pounds of feed per one pound of body weight.

Answer 51

2.5

Question 52

A turkey hen marketed at 16 weeks of age usually weighs ___ pounds.

Answer 52

20

Question 53

A turkey tom marketed at 21 weeks of age usually weights ____ pounds.

Answer 53

40

Question 54

Most turkeys are marketed as _____.

Answer 54

Whole carcasses