Poultry CDE Practice

____ is a management system in which a poultry company manages every step in the production cycle, from birth to harvested poultry products.

• All In, All Out

• Complete control

• Management integration

• Vertical integration

How many eggs does the average hen produce in its commercial lifetime?

• 100-200

• 200-300

• 300-400

• 400-500

What is the top egg-laying state in the United States?

• Connecticut

• Georgia

• Iowa

• Texas

Match the following

• A domestic fowl kept for its meat or eggs: the meat from the bird

• Capon

• Chicken raised strictly for meat

• Cockerel

• Baby chicken

• Chick

• Male chicken under one year old

• Chicken

• Castrated male chicken

• Broiler

Match the following

• Adult female chicken over one year old

• Flock

• Adult female chicken over one year old

• Pullet

• Adult male chicken over one year old

• Rooster

• A female chicken under one year old

• Layer

• A number of chickens feeding and living together

• Hen

The incubation period for chicken eggs is approximately ____.

• 21 days

• 23 days

• 25 days

• 28 days

The most common breed of chicken used for egg production is the White Leghorn

• True

• False

Germinal Disc

Yolk

Albumen ( thick and thin)