Animal Science Quiz

Chickens with red earlobes will lay

What is the name of a female chicken?

• Queen

• Capon

• Christine

• hen

• Rooster

The most limiting amino acid for poultry is

• methionine

• lysine

• taurine

• none of these is correct

Only chickens raised without antibiotics are safe to eat.

• True

• False

The poultry industry is the largest agriculture industry in Louisiana.

• True

• False

The calcium to phosphorus ratio should be 10:1 for

• all poultry have the same Calcium to Phosphorus ratio

• broilers

• turkeys

• layers

This means one company owns and controls multiple stages of production like the breeder flocks, hatchery, grow-out flocks, processing plant, feed mill, transportation, and marketing.

• Vertical integration

• communism

• management

• partnership

Brown eggs are higher in quality than white eggs.

• True

• False

Which of the following parameters in the facilities are important for proper development and health of both the broiler and layer flocks?

• Air flow

• Ventilation

• Temperature

• Humidity

• all of these are correct

___ is the term used for the first 7 to 10 days of a chick's life and the objective during this period is to provide the optimum conditions for the development of appetite and feeding behavior.

• brooding

• incubation

• hatching

• molting