POUL 1010E EVALUATION TEST ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Why are peafowl kept by people? - ✔✔Ornamental displays, pets, sometimes feral
populations occur due to pet escape
✔✔What is the largest north american gamebird? - ✔✔The North American Wild Turkey
✔✔What are the anatomical features of the Wild Turkey? - ✔✔Snood, Wattles,
Caruncles, and Beard
✔✔What is a snood? - ✔✔a fleshy protrusion just above the beak of the bird
✔✔What is a wattle? - ✔✔the dewlap that hangs down from the turkey's throat
✔✔What is a caruncle? - ✔✔small fleshy masses on the turkey's head
✔✔What is a beard? - ✔✔modified feathers that look like thick bristles on a turkey's
chest
✔✔What is the habitat preferred by turkeys? - ✔✔mixed forest and open fields
✔✔What are the habits of wild turkey? - ✔✔roosting in trees at night, usually live in
same-sex groups until breeding season, where they split up
✔✔How did turkeys face extinction in 19th century? - ✔✔Mass hunting and land
clearing dropped the population to ~30,000 individuals
✔✔How did the turkey population recover since the 19th century? - ✔✔extensive
conservation practices increased the population by 240% each decade; Ben Franklin
preferred the turkey to the bald eagle; 250 million birds are raised yearly in US
✔✔What is a male, female, and young male and female turkey called? - ✔✔Tom (or
gobbler), hen, poult or jake(young male) or jenny (young female)
, ✔✔What are the four junglefowl species found in southeast Asia? - ✔✔Green
Junglefowl, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Red Junglefowl, Grey Junglefowl
✔✔Which two junglefowl contributed to today's chickens? - ✔✔Grey and Red
Junglefowl
✔✔Why were junglefowl domesticated? - ✔✔small and easy to transport by boat,
cockfighting, meat, eggs
✔✔What are the two early centers of chicken domestication? - ✔✔China and Indus
Valley Civilization
✔✔What are the egyptians known for regarding chickens? - ✔✔invented mass egg
incubators and one of the first to have kept chickens for display
✔✔What are the Greeks and Romans known for regarding chickens? - ✔✔Greeks used
for cockfighting and meat/eggs, Romans also used them for divination
✔✔How were chickens introduced to the Americas? - ✔✔controversial, could be
europeans for the east coast or polynesians for the west coast
✔✔What was the ornamental chicken craze? - ✔✔the growth of the chicken into a show
animal; the first chicken show was in Boston in 1849, so popular that it was replicated
around US and the American Poultry Association began in 1873 that introduced a
Standard of Excellence
✔✔What is a batam chicken? - ✔✔a miniature version of a chicken breed
✔✔What is the American Standard of Perfection? - ✔✔the renamed "Standard of
Excellence"; it classifies and describes the standard physical appearance, coloring, and
temperament for all breeds of poultry
✔✔What is the difference between a broiler or a layer? - ✔✔The intent, a broiler is
meant to be eaten while a layer is meant to lay eggs
✔✔What is a utility type chicken? - ✔✔birds bred to fulfill both a broiler and layer role,
smaller than the usual broiler but bigger than the usual layer
✔✔What are the differences between Asiatic and European breeds? - ✔✔Asiatic have
feathered shanks, red ear lobes, pea combs, and are heavy bodied; European have
bare shanks, single combs, white ear lobes, lightweight, big egg producers
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Why are peafowl kept by people? - ✔✔Ornamental displays, pets, sometimes feral
populations occur due to pet escape
✔✔What is the largest north american gamebird? - ✔✔The North American Wild Turkey
✔✔What are the anatomical features of the Wild Turkey? - ✔✔Snood, Wattles,
Caruncles, and Beard
✔✔What is a snood? - ✔✔a fleshy protrusion just above the beak of the bird
✔✔What is a wattle? - ✔✔the dewlap that hangs down from the turkey's throat
✔✔What is a caruncle? - ✔✔small fleshy masses on the turkey's head
✔✔What is a beard? - ✔✔modified feathers that look like thick bristles on a turkey's
chest
✔✔What is the habitat preferred by turkeys? - ✔✔mixed forest and open fields
✔✔What are the habits of wild turkey? - ✔✔roosting in trees at night, usually live in
same-sex groups until breeding season, where they split up
✔✔How did turkeys face extinction in 19th century? - ✔✔Mass hunting and land
clearing dropped the population to ~30,000 individuals
✔✔How did the turkey population recover since the 19th century? - ✔✔extensive
conservation practices increased the population by 240% each decade; Ben Franklin
preferred the turkey to the bald eagle; 250 million birds are raised yearly in US
✔✔What is a male, female, and young male and female turkey called? - ✔✔Tom (or
gobbler), hen, poult or jake(young male) or jenny (young female)
, ✔✔What are the four junglefowl species found in southeast Asia? - ✔✔Green
Junglefowl, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Red Junglefowl, Grey Junglefowl
✔✔Which two junglefowl contributed to today's chickens? - ✔✔Grey and Red
Junglefowl
✔✔Why were junglefowl domesticated? - ✔✔small and easy to transport by boat,
cockfighting, meat, eggs
✔✔What are the two early centers of chicken domestication? - ✔✔China and Indus
Valley Civilization
✔✔What are the egyptians known for regarding chickens? - ✔✔invented mass egg
incubators and one of the first to have kept chickens for display
✔✔What are the Greeks and Romans known for regarding chickens? - ✔✔Greeks used
for cockfighting and meat/eggs, Romans also used them for divination
✔✔How were chickens introduced to the Americas? - ✔✔controversial, could be
europeans for the east coast or polynesians for the west coast
✔✔What was the ornamental chicken craze? - ✔✔the growth of the chicken into a show
animal; the first chicken show was in Boston in 1849, so popular that it was replicated
around US and the American Poultry Association began in 1873 that introduced a
Standard of Excellence
✔✔What is a batam chicken? - ✔✔a miniature version of a chicken breed
✔✔What is the American Standard of Perfection? - ✔✔the renamed "Standard of
Excellence"; it classifies and describes the standard physical appearance, coloring, and
temperament for all breeds of poultry
✔✔What is the difference between a broiler or a layer? - ✔✔The intent, a broiler is
meant to be eaten while a layer is meant to lay eggs
✔✔What is a utility type chicken? - ✔✔birds bred to fulfill both a broiler and layer role,
smaller than the usual broiler but bigger than the usual layer
✔✔What are the differences between Asiatic and European breeds? - ✔✔Asiatic have
feathered shanks, red ear lobes, pea combs, and are heavy bodied; European have
bare shanks, single combs, white ear lobes, lightweight, big egg producers
