Chapter 1 Poultry Manual

What are the 2 main purposes of the poultry industry?

• Produce fiber for clothing

• Produce meat for consumption

• Produce fertilizer for crop farmers

• Produce eggs for consumption

Eggs produced for consumption are fertile

• True

• False

Egg breeder operations produce male and female chickens with the purpose of producing infertile eggs

• True

• False

Pullets from an egg breeder go on to replace older laying hens at an egg facility

• True

• False

Egg laying pullets are raised on a pullet farm for how many weeks before moving to an egg facility?

• 10-11 weeks

• 16-17 weeks

• 19-20 weeks

• 24-25 weeks

What percent of commercially produced eggs come from caged hens?

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

• 90%

Feeding and egg collection in large houses are done by manual labor?

• True

• False

A common goal is to receive 1 dozen eggs for every how many pounds of feed?

• 1-1.5 pounds

• 1.5-2.0 pound

• 3.0-3.5 pounds

• 4.5-5.0 pounds

How many eggs should one hen lay per laying period?

• 100-140 eggs

• 150-220 eggs

• 240-350 eggs

• 360-440 eggs

How long is a typical egg laying period?

• 5-25 weeks

• 30-50 weeks

• 52-80 weeks

• 86-110 weeks