Poultry Science

I have decided to remove a few chickens from my flock due to decreased production.  Doing this is referred to as:

• Castrating
• Culling
• Survival of the fittest
• Cutability

Chickens have a _________ _______________ and they require __________ hours of light a day to produce eggs.

• Photoperiod Requirement; 16
• Light Need; 14
• Photoperiod Requirement; 14
• Photoperiod Requirement; 21

In a commercial egg operation, the female chicken is referred to as a _________ and the most abundant breed is the ___________.

• Hen; Cornish Cross
• Layer; White Plymouth Rock
• Hen; White Plymouth Rock
• Layer; White Leghorn

A young male chicken

• Rooster
• Cockerel
• Drake
• Tom

A male goose

• Gander
• Drake
• Tom
• Poult

Domesticated fowl used for meat and feathers

• Chickens
• Turkey
• Poultry
• None of these

Chickens should be provided food and water at all times.  The Latin term for this is:

• Acer rubrum
• Alliwanttoeat
• Ad feedum
• Ad libitum

When chicks hatch, how old will they have to be to begin laying eggs?

• 4-6 months
• 8-10 months
• 3-4 months
• 21 months

A chicken used for meat production

• Layer
• Hen
• Rooster
• Broiler

Vertical integration is.......

• Chicken houses are built taller so chickens can be raised above one another
• Feed storage containers hold feed in vertical tanks
• A single company owns all aspects of the chicken production operation
• A single company owns all of the operation, but contracts out all production aspects like feed production