4-H Poultry Showmanship Questions With Complete
Solutions
2 other names for breast bones of chickens Correct Answers
sternum and keel
a young female less than a year old Correct Answers pullet
are the major external parasites of poultry Correct Answers lice
and mites
Are your birds male or female? Correct Answers Pullet
At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?
Correct Answers 99 degrees F
castrated male chicken Correct Answers capon
Chicken incubation period Correct Answers 21 days
Describe damage that results from having lice on chickens.
Correct Answers Feather damage, stress due to blood loss and
irritation, can lead to disease and death from cold, excessive
pecking, infection, and egg laying decrease
Do chickens ever have teeth Correct Answers Yes, egg tooth at
hatch to help break through the shell
ducks incubation period Correct Answers 28
female more than a year old Correct Answers hen
, For a female to lay eggs, does she need the presence of a male?
Correct Answers No. She needs a male to lay fertilized eggs.
geese incubation period Correct Answers 32 days
How can one tell if baby chicks under a brooder light have the
proper temperature? Correct Answers 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 the one side or
another, they are feeling a draft of cold air.
How can you tell an adult male turkey from a female? Correct
Answers Adult males have beards and longer snoods and are
larger than females
How can you usually tell what color egg a chicken lays?
Correct Answers The color of the earlobe is the color of the egg
shell.
How do you perform a parasite check on chickens or other
poultry? Correct Answers check around 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.
How is salmonella pullorum transmitted? Correct Answers
Through the egg by organisms from the hen's ovary or from
manure in the nest box that contaminates the shell
Solutions
2 other names for breast bones of chickens Correct Answers
sternum and keel
a young female less than a year old Correct Answers pullet
are the major external parasites of poultry Correct Answers lice
and mites
Are your birds male or female? Correct Answers Pullet
At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?
Correct Answers 99 degrees F
castrated male chicken Correct Answers capon
Chicken incubation period Correct Answers 21 days
Describe damage that results from having lice on chickens.
Correct Answers Feather damage, stress due to blood loss and
irritation, can lead to disease and death from cold, excessive
pecking, infection, and egg laying decrease
Do chickens ever have teeth Correct Answers Yes, egg tooth at
hatch to help break through the shell
ducks incubation period Correct Answers 28
female more than a year old Correct Answers hen
, For a female to lay eggs, does she need the presence of a male?
Correct Answers No. She needs a male to lay fertilized eggs.
geese incubation period Correct Answers 32 days
How can one tell if baby chicks under a brooder light have the
proper temperature? Correct Answers 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 the one side or
another, they are feeling a draft of cold air.
How can you tell an adult male turkey from a female? Correct
Answers Adult males have beards and longer snoods and are
larger than females
How can you usually tell what color egg a chicken lays?
Correct Answers The color of the earlobe is the color of the egg
shell.
How do you perform a parasite check on chickens or other
poultry? Correct Answers check around 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.
How is salmonella pullorum transmitted? Correct Answers
Through the egg by organisms from the hen's ovary or from
manure in the nest box that contaminates the shell
