Poultry Showmanship Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?
Correct Answers 100° F
Capon Correct Answers A castrated male chicken
Cockerel Correct Answers Young male chicken
Do chickens ever have teeth? Correct Answers Yes, egg tooth
at hatch to help break through the shell
For what disease of poultry should small flock owners be
particularly aware of that can cause high mortality and be of
great concern to commercial poultry growers? Correct Answers
Avian influenza
Hen Correct Answers A female that has laid eggs for about 6
months
How are scaly leg mites treated? Correct Answers Dust with
malathion or dip the legs in gasoline and then cover with
petroleum jelly.
How can diarrhea be treated? Correct Answers You should
rehydrate your bird by providing electrolytes and water. Then
you should determine why the bird had diarrhea in the first place
and treat that. A high load of worms, coccidiosis, or bacterial
infection of the gut can often lead to diarrhea.
, How can one tell if baby chicks under a brooder stove or light
have the proper temperature? Correct Answers They are evenly
spread under the light, not all bunched up or all far away from
the hear source or all to one side or another which indicates a
draft
How do you perform a parasite check on poultry? Correct
Answers Check vent, under wings, on skin under feathers by
preen gland, and other general body area.
How is salmonella pullorum spread or transmitted? Correct
Answers Through the egg, either by organisms from the ovary
oft from the shell contamination from contact with manure in the
nest box
How long does it take a hen to lay an egg? Correct Answers
24-26 hours
How many eggs can a hen potentially lay in one year? Correct
Answers 365, one a day
How many eyelids does a chicken have? Correct Answers 3.
Upper, lower, and nictitating membrane which moves from the
front to the rear of the eye and is clear
How many feather tracts do chickens have? Correct Answers
10- head, neck, shoulder, wings, breast, back, abdomen, rump,
thigh, and legs
How many nest boxes should be provided for a flock of laying
hens? Correct Answers Usually 1 for each 5 hens
Solutions
At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?
Correct Answers 100° F
Capon Correct Answers A castrated male chicken
Cockerel Correct Answers Young male chicken
Do chickens ever have teeth? Correct Answers Yes, egg tooth
at hatch to help break through the shell
For what disease of poultry should small flock owners be
particularly aware of that can cause high mortality and be of
great concern to commercial poultry growers? Correct Answers
Avian influenza
Hen Correct Answers A female that has laid eggs for about 6
months
How are scaly leg mites treated? Correct Answers Dust with
malathion or dip the legs in gasoline and then cover with
petroleum jelly.
How can diarrhea be treated? Correct Answers You should
rehydrate your bird by providing electrolytes and water. Then
you should determine why the bird had diarrhea in the first place
and treat that. A high load of worms, coccidiosis, or bacterial
infection of the gut can often lead to diarrhea.
, How can one tell if baby chicks under a brooder stove or light
have the proper temperature? Correct Answers They are evenly
spread under the light, not all bunched up or all far away from
the hear source or all to one side or another which indicates a
draft
How do you perform a parasite check on poultry? Correct
Answers Check vent, under wings, on skin under feathers by
preen gland, and other general body area.
How is salmonella pullorum spread or transmitted? Correct
Answers Through the egg, either by organisms from the ovary
oft from the shell contamination from contact with manure in the
nest box
How long does it take a hen to lay an egg? Correct Answers
24-26 hours
How many eggs can a hen potentially lay in one year? Correct
Answers 365, one a day
How many eyelids does a chicken have? Correct Answers 3.
Upper, lower, and nictitating membrane which moves from the
front to the rear of the eye and is clear
How many feather tracts do chickens have? Correct Answers
10- head, neck, shoulder, wings, breast, back, abdomen, rump,
thigh, and legs
How many nest boxes should be provided for a flock of laying
hens? Correct Answers Usually 1 for each 5 hens
