| 4-H Poultry Showmanship Questions (Test Form) |
| 1. What is the function of the vent? Is it common to all poultry? |
| 2. In order for a female to lay eggs, does she need the presence of a male? |
| 3. In what part of the hen's reproductive tract is the shell produced? What are the following? Pullet, Hen, Cockerel, Rooster, Capon |
| 4. What is the importance of calcium in the diets of laying hens? |
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| 5. What precautions must be taken when you introduce new birds into your flock? |
| 6. What are the differences in plumage of most adult male and female chickens? |
| 7. Beside feathers, what other anatomical features are unique to the male chicken? |
| 8. What are the major external parasites of poultry? How do you perform a parasite check on chickens or poultry? |
| 9. If you found external parasites, how should you treat them? |
| 10. What are the two other names for the breast bone of chickens? |
| 11. How many eggs can a hen potentially lay in one year? |
| 12. What nutrients do chickens and other poultry require each day? |
| 13. What are the most common feed ingredients used in poultry diets in the US? |
| 14. It has been said that eggs are an almost perfect food, however they are missing one vitamin, what is it? |
| 15. What does depth of body indicate? |
| 16. What does width of body indicate? |
| 17. Why do we measure the flexibility of the pubic bones? |
| 18. Why does the judge ask to see the feet and legs of birds? |
| 19. What does "molt" mean relative to chickens? |
| 20. Why should birds be removed and replaced into cages head first? |
| 21. What is the function of the uropygial (preen) gland? |
| 22. Which of the nutrients, other than oxygen, should poultry have free access to at all times? |
| 23. Do chickens ever have teeth? |
| 24. What does "dual purpose" mean relative to chickens? |
| 25. What does "bleaching" mean relative to chickens? |
| 26. Where does the yellow color of the beak and shanks of chickens come from? |
| 27. What color eggs do Rhode Island Red, all Rocks and Sex Linked chickens lay? |
| 28. What breed(s) of chicken lay(s) blue-green eggs? |
| 29. What needs to be supplied in an artificial incubator to hatch eggs? |