What industries are poultry science careers available? - correct answer ✔✔Genetics, pharmaceuticals,
and production.
Turkeys were domesticated in what country? - correct answer ✔✔Mexico
What does the term sex- link meat lines mean? - correct answer ✔✔Certain feather colors and speed of
feather growth can be linked to the sex of the bird
What is a broiler? - correct answer ✔✔Chicken used for meat production.
At what age are commercial turkey toms typically marketed? - correct answer ✔✔18 to 20 weeks
What is a pullet? - correct answer ✔✔Young female chicken
What is a cockerel? - correct answer ✔✔Young male chicken
What state produces the highest number of eggs? - correct answer ✔✔Iowa
What age are pullets moved into their layer house? - correct answer ✔✔16 to 18 weeks
What is the top selling meat in America - correct answer ✔✔Chicken
What is the main purpose of the gizzard? - correct answer ✔✔Grinds coarse feed
In composting dead poultry, the temperature may reach___ - correct answer ✔✔180 degrees Fahrenheit
, Patties, nuggets, frankfurters, Bologna, and "hot wings" are referred to as what? - correct answer
✔✔Value added products
These parts help regulate the birds body temperature. - correct answer ✔✔Comb and wattles
In a chicken what special senses are highly developed? - correct answer ✔✔Sight and hearing
Broilers need a starting ration that contains ____ protein. - correct answer ✔✔22 to 24
What is the approximate temperature of a freshly laid egg? - correct answer ✔✔105 degrees
What is the scientific name of a chicken? - correct answer ✔✔Gallus domesticus
What is the body temperature of a chicken? - correct answer ✔✔105 to 107 degrees Fahrenheit
A hatched chick normally weighs what percent of the original egg weight? - correct answer ✔✔66% to
68%
Crude protein is the highest in what ration of broiler nutrition? - correct answer ✔✔Starter
What is the number one state in turkey production? - correct answer ✔✔Minnesota
The incubation period for chukar partridge is what? - correct answer ✔✔23 days
What is the incubation time for chickens? - correct answer ✔✔21 days
Production level pullets are sent to ___ farms responsible for growing pullets to replace older flocks of
hens? - correct answer ✔✔Pullet growing farms
What is the incubation period for duck eggs? - correct answer ✔✔28 days
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