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Poultry Judging Exam QuestionsWhat are two main objectives of poultry production in the United States? - correct answer
✔✔Production of eggs and chicken/turkey products.
What percent of all table eggs are commercially produced? - correct answer ✔✔90%
How many eggs will be produced from 3-3.5 pounds of feed? - correct answer ✔✔One dozen
How many eggs will be produced in a 52 to 80 week period? - correct answer ✔✔240 to 350
How are grower companies paid? - correct answer ✔✔Number of eggs produced
What breed of chicken is used in egg production? - correct answer ✔✔White Leghorns
What breed of chicken is used in meat production? - correct answer ✔✔A cross between Cornish and
White Plymouth Rock
What do broiler breeder operations do? - correct answer ✔✔Replace older laying flocks that might
become infertile
What do breeders strive for? - correct answer ✔✔One dozen settable eggs on 7 or fewer pounds of feed
with 85% hatchability.
What are broilers? - correct answer ✔✔Young chicks grown to become fryers or roasters to produce
tender meat
How are broiler operations paid? - correct answer ✔✔By the number of pounds of birds produced
,In 6 to 7 weeks how much should a broiler weigh? - correct answer ✔✔3.5 to 4.5 pounds
What is the ready to cook weight of a broiler? - correct answer ✔✔2 to 3 pounds
What breed of turkey is used in turkey meat production? - correct answer ✔✔Broad Breasted White
birds
How are turkeys produced and grown? - correct answer ✔✔Through artificial insemination and male
female separation
What percent of turkey production is under contract system? - correct answer ✔✔95%
At 21 weeks, how much does a tom (male turkey) weigh? - correct answer ✔✔More than 40 pounds
What is the scientific name of the Chicken? - correct answer ✔✔Gallus Gallus
What is the scientific name of the Guinea Fowl? - correct answer ✔✔Numida Meleagris
What is the scientific name of the Turkey? - correct answer ✔✔Melagris Gallapavo
What is the scientific name of the Pheasant? - correct answer ✔✔Phasianus Colchicus
What is the temperature in a chicken? - correct answer ✔✔105 to 107 degrees F; 40.6 to 41.7 degrees C
What is the pulse rate in a chicken? - correct answer ✔✔300 beats per minute
What is the respiration rate in a chicken? - correct answer ✔✔14 to 22 exchanges per minute while at
rest
What is the rate of food passage in a laying hen? - correct answer ✔✔2.5 hours
,What is the skeleton structure in a chicken? - correct answer ✔✔Lightweight (hollow long bones) and
fusion of certain bones (provide rigidity for flight)
How many layers of skin do chickens have? - correct answer ✔✔Two, epidermis and dermis
What helps regulate the bird's body temperature? - correct answer ✔✔Comb and Wattle
The removing of the comb and wattle is? - correct answer ✔✔Dubbing and Dewattling
Where do feathers grow from? - correct answer ✔✔Feather tracts called Pteryale
Where are feathers different between the sexes? - correct answer ✔✔Neck, Back, Head and Saddle
Why is molting bad for egg production? - correct answer ✔✔Drains the bird's energy
Percent of pectoral muscles? - correct answer ✔✔15-20%
What is myoglobin and how is it produced? - correct answer ✔✔It is the pigmentation of the chicken
and is produced by increased muscle activity
What are the major functions of the skeletal system? - correct answer ✔✔Locomotion, muscle support,
protection, and formation of red blood cells
How are breastbones deformed? - correct answer ✔✔Improper management, lower nutrition, and
disease
What senses are highly developed? - correct answer ✔✔Sight and hearing
What senses are poorly developed? - correct answer ✔✔Taste and smell
, Which light spectrum are poultry sensitive to? - correct answer ✔✔Red; can cause cannibalism
Which light spectrum will calm poultry down? - correct answer ✔✔Blue
Poultry must have adequate air exchange because of what? - correct answer ✔✔Poultry do not have
sweat glands
Poultry producers use what two ventilation methods during hot and cold weather? - correct answer
✔✔Pad system during hot weather and convection tube system during cold weather
What is another important function of a poultry building ventilation system? - correct answer ✔✔To
remove unwanted gases and odors
Heat causes what to poultry? - correct answer ✔✔Lower body weights and substantial flock loss
An effective method to lower building temperature is to use what method? - correct answer
✔✔Evaporative cooling system
What percent of chicken was marketed in the U.S. as whole birds in 1962? - correct answer ✔✔83%
In 2015, only ____% of the market will be whole birds, ____% will be cut-up parts and ____% of the
chicken marketed in the U.S. will be further-processed products. - correct answer ✔✔11%, 40%, 49%
What are the lighter weight chickens and heavier birds used for? - correct answer ✔✔Lighter: Fast food,
Heavier: Further processing
How long are the birds held without food? - correct answer ✔✔24 hours
How does the processing plant stun the birds? - correct answer ✔✔By running an electrical current
through the birds
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