Q: What breed of chicken is used for most commercial egg production?

The most commercial egg production chicken breed is White Leghorn .

Q: Which of the nutrients, besides oxygen, should poultry have free access to at all times?

Water is unique, besides oxygen, nutrient that poultry should have free access all the times especially when the weather is hot. Find here the Top 5 Water Canister for Chicken Raising – The best Chicken Waterers

Q: What color eggs do Rhode Island Red, Barred Rock, and Buff Orpington chickens lay?

The Rohode Island Red , Barred Rock and Buff Orpington have the Brown Egg .

Q: What breeds of chicken lay blue-green eggs?

Araucana and Ameraucana Chicken Breeds lay blue-green eggs .

Question 1

What are the following: pullet, hen, cockerel, rooster, capon?

Accepted Answer

Pullet is a young female less than 1 year old (in other words, hatched this year). Hen is a female more than 1 year old (hatched last year).

Cockerel is a male chicken less than 1 year old. Rooster is a male chicken more than 1 year old.

Capon is a castrated male chicken.

Question 2

What are the major external parasites of poultry?

Accepted Answer

The majour external parasites of Poultry are: Lice and mites.

Find more about The Most Common Chicken Diseases and 11 High Risk Points To Watch When Raising Chickens: Risks and Precautions.

Question 3

How many eggs can a hen potentially lay in 1 year?

Accepted Answer

Hen can lay up to 365, one a day.

Question 4

What are the most common feed ingredients in poultry diets in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The most common feed ingredients in poultry diets in US are Corn and soybean meal.

Check also All What you need to know to Chicken Feeders : The Top Chicken Feeder.

Question 5

What breed of chicken is used for most commercial egg production?

Accepted Answer

The most commercial egg production chicken breed is White Leghorn.

Question 6

Why do we measure flexibility of the pubic bones?

Accepted Answer

It is important to measure flexibility of publue bones is on order to see if they will open enough for an egg to pass

Question 7

Why should birds be removed from and placed into cages head first?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes, you have to remove and place chicken in cages to prevent possible wing and feather damage; to maintain control of them

Question 8

Which of the nutrients, besides oxygen, should poultry have free access to at all times?

Accepted Answer

Water is unique, besides oxygen, nutrient that poultry should have free access all the times especially when the weather is hot.

Find here the Top 5 Water Canister for Chicken Raising – The best Chicken Waterers

Question 9

What color eggs do Rhode Island Red, Barred Rock, and Buff Orpington chickens lay?

Accepted Answer

The Rohode Island Red, Barred Rock and Buff Orpington have the Brown Egg.

Question 10

What breeds of chicken lay blue-green eggs?

Accepted Answer

Araucana and Ameraucana Chicken Breeds lay blue-green eggs.

Question 11

At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?

Accepted Answer

The perfect incubation Chicken Eggs is 99’F

Question 12

What are basic signs of good health in chickens ?

Accepted Answer

Alert, active, clear eyes; good manure consistency; no externalparasites are the basic signs of good health for Chicken.

Question 13

How can you tell an adult male turkey from a female?

Accepted Answer

Adult males have beards and longer snoods and are generally larger than females

Question 14

How many nest boxes should be provided for a flock of laying hens?

Accepted Answer

Usually 1 for each 5 hens

Question 15

How can one tell if baby chicks under a brooder light have the proper temperature?

Accepted Answer

They are spread evenly under the brooder light, not all bunched up under the heat source or all far away from it.

If the chicks are all to one side or another, they are feeling a draft of cold air.

Question 16

In general, what air temperature should be provided for growing chicks?

Accepted Answer

About 95’F for the first week, dropping by 5? per week until reaching ambient temperature.

Question 17

To keep a flock of laying hens producing eggs yearround, what key environmental factor needs to be controlled and altered to meet the needs of the bird?

Accepted Answer

Light. Maintain 16 hours of light per day year-round.

Question 18

What does depth of body indicate?

Accepted Answer

Size of the abdomen and ability to hold a forming egg.

Question 19

Predators from which you must protect your backyard poultry flock ?

Accepted Answer

Foxes, skunks, dogs, raccoons, coyotes, hawks, and owls

Question 20

What does APA stand for ABA?

Accepted Answer

American Poultry Association and American Bantam Association

Question 21

How can you usually tell what color egg a chicken lays?

Accepted Answer

The color of the earlobe is directly related to the color of the egg shell.
For example, a hen with white earlobes will lay eggs with white shells.

Question 22

What is the function of the vent ? Is it Common to all Poultry ?

Accepted Answer

It is the urogenital opening of the bird, the external portion of the cloaca. All poultry have one. It is the common opening through which the egg, uric acid, and feces all exit.

Question 23

Identify four dual-purpose breeds that are commonly raised in the Intermountain West for backyard egg production.

Accepted Answer

Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Orpington, Marans, Australorp, Wyandotte, Red Sex Link, and Black Sex Link

Question 24

What is the importance of calcium in the diets of laying hens?

Accepted Answer

Calcium is needed for producing the egg shell and for developing and maintaining a strong skeletal system.

Question 25

What precautions must be taken when you introduce new birds into your home flock?

Accepted Answer

Before you introduce new birds to your home flock, check them for disease and parasites.

Next quarantine them for 3 weeks, and continue to check them for any symptoms. Always take care of the quarantined birds last.

If you have to go back to your home flock after caring for the new birds, first change your outerwear, change your footwear, and wash your hands thoroughly with soap.

Question 26

What are the differences between the plumage shapes of most adult male and female chickens?

Accepted Answer

Males have long, sharp hackle feathers; saddle feathers; and sickle feathers on the tail.

Females have short, blunt hackle feathers; no saddle feathers; and no sickle feathers on the tail.

Question 27

Other than feather shape, what anatomical features are unique to the male chicken?

Accepted Answer

Males have a larger comb, larger wattles, larger earlobes, different coloring, and spurs on their legs.

Question 28

How do you perform a parasite check on chickens or other poultry?

Accepted Answer

Check around the vent, under the wings, and on the skin under the feathers by the preen gland.

Check feather shafts for louse eggs and nits. Look for louse eggs clinging to the feathers under the wattles and the neck area.

Question 29

What are some nutrients that chickens and other poultry require each day?

Accepted Answer

Protein, carbohydrates, fat, minerals, vitamins, water, and oxygen

Question 30

Why is feeding straight wheat to a laying flock of chickens a mistake?

Accepted Answer

Feeding wheat or any other grain as a sole ration does not provide a balanced diet for good health and egg production

Question 31

What does width of body indicate?

Accepted Answer

The size of the body across the pelvic bones indicates the amount of room available for eggs and vital organs.

Question 32

Why you should check frequenlty Chicken feet and legs of birds?

Accepted Answer

To check for deformities, disease, and parasites

Question 33

Do chickens ever have teeth?

Accepted Answer

Yes. They have an egg tooth at hatch to help break through the shell. This tooth is different from mammalian teeth as it is not composed of enamel.

Read our guides about Hatching Eggs : The 5 Most Important Hints & Tips To Follow and The Top 5 Incubators for Hatching Chicken Eggs.

Question 34

What needs to be supplied in an artificial incubator to hatch eggs?

Accepted Answer

Heat, humidity, and turning

Read our guides about Hatching Eggs : The 5 Most Important Hints & Tips To Follow and The Top 5 Incubators for Hatching Chicken Eggs.

Question 35

How many feather tracts do chickens have ?

Accepted Answer

10: head, neck, shoulder, wings, breast, back, abdomen, rump, thigh, and legs

Question 36

What and where are the covert feathers ?

Accepted Answer

Small feathers on the wing that fill in the spaces between larger feathers.

Question 37

What is the function of the comb and wattles on chickens?

Accepted Answer

Sex differentiation, identification, and thermoregulation

Question 38

What are some of the methods for verifying that a hen is currently laying eggs?

Accepted Answer

Width between pelvic bones equals the width of three human fingers; the vent is large, soft, and moist rather than small and dry; the comb is larger and redder

Question 39

What is the main difference between starter feed, grower feed, and layer feed for feeding chicks, pullets, and laying hens, respectively ?

Accepted Answer

Crude protein concentrations: starter 18 to 19%, grower 14 to 15%, and layer 16 to 17%

Question 40

What is the difference between a broiler, a roaster, and a capon?

Accepted Answer

Broilers are young meat birds, usually processed at 6 to 8 weeks of age. Roasters are usually 10 to 14 weeks of age.
Capons are castrated meat birds grown to about 18 to 20 weeks of age.

Question 41

What is bumble foot ?

Accepted Answer

An infection in the foot pad of poultry, usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus in the manure.

Question 42

What is the ratio of males to females that will provide the best fertility for a laying flock, without having more males than necessary?

Accepted Answer

The gizzard, also known as the ventriculus, is part of the chicken’s digestive system.

It is just behind the proventriculus, the true stomach, and it is where food is ground up to aid in digestion and absorption.

Question 43

Which Damage that results from having lice on chickens ?

Accepted Answer

Damage to feathers, stress because of blood loss and irritation that can then lead to vulnerability to disease and death from cold, excessive pecking, infection, and a decrease in laying production

Red more about Cold and Hot on Chicken on Chickens Precautions During Winter And Summer

Question 44

What is the function of the uropygial (preen) gland?

Accepted Answer

The preen gland produces an oily substance the bird wipes onto its feathers with its beak, called ”preening” .

In ducks and waterfowl preening helps to waterproof their feathers.

Question 45

How long (in days) is the incubation period for chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese?

Accepted Answer

The incubation period for Chicken is 21.
For Turkeys, the Incuation period is 28, the same as Ducks 28.
For Geese, the incubation period is up to 32.

Question 46

What is the purpose of turning eggs in an incubator?

Accepted Answer

To keep the embryo from sticking to the membranes and becoming malformed

Question 47

Why should incubators be fumigated or disinfected prior to use?

Accepted Answer

To remove any bacteria, virus, or mold organisms that might infect the eggs.

Read more about Biosecurity for Chicken Raising and 11 High Risk Points To Watch When Raising Chickens: Risks and Precautions.

Question 48

How many eyelids does a chicken have? Why?

Accepted Answer

Three: upper, lower, and the nictitating membrane, which moves from the front to the rear of the eye and is clear. Eyelids are for keeping foreign substances from entering the eye.

Question 49

How many primary and secondary flight feathers do most chickens have?

Accepted Answer

10 primary and 14 to 18 secondary

Question 50

Where are the axial feathers found, and how many do chickens have?

Accepted Answer

One on each wing, between the primary and secondary flight feathers

Question 51

How is Salmonella Pullorum spread or transmitted?

Accepted Answer

Through the egg, either by organisms from the hen’s ovary or from manure in the nest box that contaminates the shell Small flock owners should be particularly aware of.

Find more about All About Backyard Chickens Salmonella: Infections & Precautions.

Question 52

Which two poultry diseases that can cause high mortality and are of great concern to commercial poultry growers?

Accepted Answer

Avian influenza and exotic Newcastle disease

Find more about The Most Common Chicken Diseases and 11 High Risk Points To Watch When Raising Chickens: Risks and Precautions.

Question 53

Why is diarrhea a concern and how can it be treated ?

Accepted Answer

Diarrhea can lead to dehydration and possibly to death. One needs to rehydrate the bird by providing electrolytes and water and then determine why the bird had diarrhea in the first place and treat that cause.

A high load of worms, coccidiosis, or bacterial infection of the gut can often lead to diarrhea. A flock with diarrhea can also cause bad litter conditions’ excess moisture and ammonia production leading to foot and leg problems.

Find more about The Most Common Chicken Diseases.

Question 54

Some females in breeding flocks sometimes lose feathers on their lower back and on the back of the head. What is the cause of this?

Accepted Answer

When breeding, the male stands on the back of the female and holds onto the feathers on the back of the head with his beak, causing feather loss.

Question 55

How much floor space should be provided for standard and bantam adult laying hens reared on the floor?

Accepted Answer

About 1.5 to 2 square feet for standards and 0.75 to 1.5 square feet for bantams

Read more about Chickens Precautions During Winter And Summer

Question 56

What is the breed and variety of your bird? Is your bird a male or a female?

Accepted Answer

Cock, hen, cockerel, or pullet...

Read our Guide about the Most Common Chicken's Breeds.

Question 57

What are the main parts of the bird ?

Accepted Answer

The main parts of a bird are:

The head comb, wattles, earlobes, and/or muffs.
The body tail, breast bone or keel bone, vent, back (saddle and length).
The Leg’foot, spur, shank, hock joint, and thigh.

Question 58

What do you feed your bird ?

Accepted Answer

Know the ingredients of the feed and what the protein percentage is.

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