Poultry Industry Quiz

The production goals of the table egg industry are to produce how many eggs for every 3 to 3.5 pounds of feed provided?

• 6 eggs

• 12 eggs

• 18 eggs

• 24 eggs

What pigment does the yolk color come from?

• Chlorophyll

• Thiamin

• Riboflavin

• Xanthophyll

Chicken and turkeys are sensitive to what spectrum of light?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

• Violet

The Houdan breed of chicken is part of what Large Fowl class?

• American

• English

• Continental

• Asiatic

What is not an example of Value added poultry items?

• Bologna

• Frankfurters

• Patties

• Whole bird

Hens with what colored earlobes lay brown shelled eggs?

• Red

• Green

• White

• Black

The pectoral muscles account for what % of the bird’s total weight?

• 40 to 50 percent

• 9 to 14 percent

• 15 to 25 percent

• 33 percent

What is a common mistake (with the hatcher) thus causing the chicks to dehydrate?

• they are pulled too soon

• the shells are weak

• chicks are green

• they are in the hatcher too long

What percent of eggs weight should be lost by the 18th day of incubation?

• 18%

• 12%

• 22%

• 4%

Eggs are pre-warmed at approximately what temperature?

• 95-100 degrees

• 75 to 80 degrees

• 67 to 71 degrees

• 86 to 90 degrees