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Production Segments Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Meat and Egg production

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2
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What type of eggs does the commercial egg industry produce?

A

infertile

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3
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Which breed of chicken is typically used in the commercial egg industry?

A

Leghorn-Strain

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4
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Which type of operation in the commercial egg industry produces fertile hatching eggs?

A

egg breeder

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5
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The commercial egg operations in the United States produce ____ shelled eggs.

A

White

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6
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What are the breeder males and females called on a breeder operation farm?

A

Parent Birds

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7
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What is produced from the hatching eggs on an egg pullet and egg breeder operation farm?

A

cockerels and pullets

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8
Q

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

A

Cockerels

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9
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Production level pullets are sent to _____ from growing pullets to replace older flocks of hens.

A

egg pullet operation

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10
Q

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

A

16-17

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11
Q

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

A

number of birds produced

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12
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Where are the leghorn-strain pullets moved to once the have reached maturity>

A

egg laying operations

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13
Q

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

A

90%

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14
Q

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.

A

3.0-3.5

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15
Q

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

A

240-350

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16
Q

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

A

number of infertile eggs produced

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17
Q

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

A

incubate eggs

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18
Q

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

A

further processed

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19
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Throughout much of the United States, the commercial broiler meat industry uses a white-feathered bird that is a cross between ____ and ____ chickens.

A

cornish & white Plymouth rock

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20
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What is the first level of production in the broiler industry?

A

broiler breeder

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21
Q

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

A

20

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22
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Broiler breeder pullet and cockeral growers are usually paid on _____.

A

number of birds produced

23
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What type of floors are used on the broiler breeder operation farms?

A

raised and slatted

24
Q

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

A

nesting box

25
Q

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

A

frequent egg gathering

26
Q

How are growers paid on broiler breeder operations?

A

number of fertile eggs produced

27
Q

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

A

7

28
Q

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

A

85%

29
Q

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

A

broiler grow-out farm

30
Q

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

A

broilers

31
Q

What is a typical size for a broiler confinement house?

A

40’ x 200’

32
Q

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

A

5-7

33
Q

WHat percent of broiler production occurs under a contract system?

A

99%

34
Q

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

A

number of pounds of birds produced

35
Q

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

A

3.5-4.5

36
Q

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

A

less than 2

37
Q

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

A

2-3

38
Q

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

A

value added products

39
Q

What is the preferred meat for domestic customers?

A

White meat

40
Q

Which type of meat is typically exported to other countries>

A

dark meat

41
Q

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

A

broad breasted white

42
Q

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

A

turkey breeder operations

43
Q

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

A

25-30

44
Q

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

A

toms housed separately from hens

45
Q

Why are hens artificially inseminated on turkey breeder farms?

A

Large breast area makes natural mating inefficient

46
Q

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

A

higher

47
Q

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

A

separate grow out facilities

48
Q

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

A

16,000-18,000

49
Q

What percent of turkey production occurs under a contract system?

A

95%

50
Q

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

A

number of birds produced

51
Q

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

A

2.5

52
Q

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

A

20

53
Q

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

A

40

54
Q

Most turkeys are marketed as _____.

A

Whole carcasses

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