WorksheetsPoultry Production
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 34mins
Non castrated Chicken is called?
Capon
Hen
Rooster
Isa Brown
Male castrated Chicken is called?
Rooster
Pullet
Capon
Gelding
Female Chicken that has produced eggs is called?
Hen
Pullet
Capon
Mare
Female chicken that not produced eggs yet and young?
Pullet
Chick
Buck
Capon
Incubation time for Chickens?
21 days
28 days
36 days
18 days
What breed of Chicken is this? What color eggs does it produce?
Isa Brown; brown eggs
Silver Laced; brown eggs
Leghorn; white eggs
Buff Orpington; brown eggs
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it produce?
Australorp; brown
Silver Laced Wyandotte; brown
New Hamshire Red; red
Rhode Island Red; white
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it produce?
Silver Laced; brown
White Crested Black Polish; white
Australorp; brown
Brahma; brown
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Buff Orpington; brown
Bantam: red
Isa Brown; brown
Leghorn; white
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Silver laced; brown
Leghorn; white
White Crested Black Polish; white
Ameraucana; green
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Australorp; brown
Rhode Island Red; brown
Ameraucana; green/blue
New Hampshire Red; brown
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Buff Orpington; brown
Australorp; black
Isa Brown; brown
New Hampshire Red; brown
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Leghorn; white
White Crested Black Polish; white
Bantam; creme
Brahma, brown
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Ameraucana; blue/green
Bantam; creme
Isa Brown; brown
Brahma; brown
What breed of chicken is this? What color eggs does it have?
Isa Brown; brown
Rhode Island Red; brown
Buff Orpington; brown
Brahma; brown
What is the function of the "air sac"?
Is only in brown eggs, helps eggs float
Chick 1st breath, always faces up
always faces down, increases in age
Holds yolk in place
Definition of incubation?
Heating eggs to hatch chicks
Heating eggs for breakfast
Heating eggs to increase air sac
Heating eggs to check for defects
Candling identifies the following?
Yolk color
Blood Spots
Size of air cell
Embryonic Development
What are blood spots on the yolk?
embryo development
capillary burst
shell is bleeding
yolk membrane burst blood vessel
Grade "AA" eggs means what?
Mostly good condition
Not clean, mishappen
Clean, no cracks, correct shape
AA is not a grade
Grade "A" egg means what?
clean, no cracks, correct shape
mostly good, clean
not clean, mishappen
great buy at walmart
Grade "B" egg means what?
Edible
Not clean, mishappen
mostly good, clean
clean, no cracks, correct shape
Jumbo size egg weighs...
27 oz
30 oz
24 oz
No weight..
Extra large size egg weighs...
30 oz
24 oz
27 oz
18 oz
Large size egg weighs....
24 oz
30 oz
27 oz
18 oz
Medium size egg weighs...
18 oz
24 oz
21 oz
27 oz
Small egg size weighs...
18 oz
15 oz
21 oz
No such size
Where is site of chick development?
Germinal Disc
Chalaza
Shell
Yolk
Egg anatomy that contains calcium carbonate?
albumen
chalaza
shell
shell membrane
Twisted cord anchors yolk
Chalaza
Yolk membrane
Germinal Disc
Thick albumen
Encloses, protects contents in egg from bacteria
shell membrane
shell
yolk membrane
chalaza
Source of protein, egg white
thick/thin albumen
yolk
yolk membrane
shell
Proper temp for incubating
99.5F
105.5F
95.5F
90.5F
Proper humidity for incubating eggs day 1-18
65-75%
30-40%
50-60%
90-95%
What is the term for this candled egg?
non fertilized
quittor
fertilized
yolker
What is the term for this incubated egg?
yolker
fertilized
quittor
over easy
Advantages of raising Chickens
High efficiency
Fast return on investment
Low land requirements
Mechanized operation
Disadvantages of raising Chickens
Disease/Parasites
Initial capital cost is high
Death losses to predators
Waste disposal/odor
