4-H Poultry Showmanship Questions With Complete
Solutions
At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?
Correct Answers 99 degrees
Describe the damage that results from having lice on chickens
Correct Answers Damage to feathers, stress because of blood
loss and irritation that can lead to vulnerability to disease and
death from cold, excessive packing, infection, and a decrease in
laying production
Do chickens ever have teeth? Correct Answers Yes. They have
an egg tooth at hatch to help break through the shell. This tooth
is different from the mammalian teeth as it is not composed of
enamel
For a female to lay eggs, does she need the presence of a male?
Correct Answers No. She needs a male only to produce
fertilized eggs.
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 one side or
another, they are felling 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
generally larger
, How can you usually tell what color egg a chicken lays?
Correct Answers the color of the earlobe is directly related to
the color of the egg shell; for example, a hen with white earlobes
will lay with white shells
How do you perform a parasite check on chickens or other
poultry? Correct Answers Check around the vent, under the
wings, and on the skin under the feathers by the preen gland.
Check feather shafts for louse eggs and mix. Look for louse eggs
clinging to the feathers under the waddles and the neck area.
How is salmonella pullorum spread or transmitted? Correct
Answers Through the egg, either by organism from the hands
ovary or from a new were in the nest box that contaminates the
shell
How long (in days) is the Incubation period for chickens,
turkeys, ducks, and geese? Correct Answers 21, 28, 28, and 32
How many eggs can a hen potentially lay in 1 year? Correct
Answers 365, one a day
How many eyelids does a chicken have? why? Correct Answers
Three: upper, lower, and the nictitating membrane, which moves
from the front To the rear of the eye and is clear. Eyelids are for
keeping foreign substances from entering the eye
How many feather tracts do chickens have? Correct Answers
10: head, neck, shoulder, wings, breast, back, abdomen, rump,
thigh, and legs
Solutions
At what temperature should most chicken eggs be incubated?
Correct Answers 99 degrees
Describe the damage that results from having lice on chickens
Correct Answers Damage to feathers, stress because of blood
loss and irritation that can lead to vulnerability to disease and
death from cold, excessive packing, infection, and a decrease in
laying production
Do chickens ever have teeth? Correct Answers Yes. They have
an egg tooth at hatch to help break through the shell. This tooth
is different from the mammalian teeth as it is not composed of
enamel
For a female to lay eggs, does she need the presence of a male?
Correct Answers No. She needs a male only to produce
fertilized eggs.
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 one side or
another, they are felling 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
generally larger
, How can you usually tell what color egg a chicken lays?
Correct Answers the color of the earlobe is directly related to
the color of the egg shell; for example, a hen with white earlobes
will lay with white shells
How do you perform a parasite check on chickens or other
poultry? Correct Answers Check around the vent, under the
wings, and on the skin under the feathers by the preen gland.
Check feather shafts for louse eggs and mix. Look for louse eggs
clinging to the feathers under the waddles and the neck area.
How is salmonella pullorum spread or transmitted? Correct
Answers Through the egg, either by organism from the hands
ovary or from a new were in the nest box that contaminates the
shell
How long (in days) is the Incubation period for chickens,
turkeys, ducks, and geese? Correct Answers 21, 28, 28, and 32
How many eggs can a hen potentially lay in 1 year? Correct
Answers 365, one a day
How many eyelids does a chicken have? why? Correct Answers
Three: upper, lower, and the nictitating membrane, which moves
from the front To the rear of the eye and is clear. Eyelids are for
keeping foreign substances from entering the eye
How many feather tracts do chickens have? Correct Answers
10: head, neck, shoulder, wings, breast, back, abdomen, rump,
thigh, and legs
