Poultry 4-H Showmanship Questions with correct answers 100% 2026

Poultry 4-H Showmanship Questions with correct answers 100% 2026 What is the function of the vent? Is it common to all poultry? - Correct Answer It is the urogenital opening of the bird, the external portion of the cloaca. All poultry have one. It is where the egg, uric acid, and feces all exit from. In order for a female to lay eggs, does she need the presence of a male? - Correct Answer No, a male is only required for fertile eggs to be produced. In what part of the hen's reproductive tract is the shell produced? - Correct Answer Uterus/Shell gland What are the following? Pullet? Hen? Cockerel? Rooster? Capon? - Correct Answer Pullet - Young female Hen - Mature female [has laid eggs for ~6 months] Cockerel - Young male Rooster/Cock - Mature male Capon - castrated male What is the importance of calcium in the diets of laying hens? - Correct Answer It is needed for the calcium of the egg shell. What precautions must be taken when you introduce new birds into your home flock? - Correct Answer 1. Check new birds for diseases 2. Quarantine new birds for 3 weeks [symptoms, if any, usu show after 3 weeks] 3. Check for any symptoms What are the major external parasites of poultry? How do you perform a parasite check on chickens/poultry? - Correct Answer Lice and mites are external parasites. You can check the vent, under wings, on skin under feathers by the preen gland, and the overall general body area. If you found external parasites how should you treat them? - Correct Answer Use sevin powder/liquid, dust or spray birds as well as nest boxes. What are the other two names for the breast bone of chickens? - Correct Answer Sternum / Keel How many eggs can a hen lay potentially in one year? - Correct Answer 365. One a day. It has been said that eggs are an almost perfect food, however they are missing one vitamin. What is it? - Correct Answer Vitamin C What does DEPTH of body indicate? - Correct Answer Size of ABDOMEN, and ability to hold a forming egg. What does WIDTH of body indicate? - Correct Answer Size of BODY ACROSS PELVIC BONES, and room for eggs. Why do we measure FLEXIBILITY of the pubic bones? - Correct Answer To see if they will open enough for an egg to pass. Why does the judge ask to see the FEET and LEGS of birds? - Correct Answer To check for DEFORMITIES and DISEASE/PARASITES.