Double Clutch
A brown egg-laying breed known for hardiness.
What is Rhode Island Red?
What is a broiler?
A chicken raised specifically for meat production
The part of the oviduct where the yolk is released.
What is the ovary?
One advantage of cage systems.
What is easier management/cleaner eggs?
A dual-purpose breed used for both meat and eggs.
What is Plymouth Rock?
One example of biosecurity practice.
What is limiting visitors/sanitizing equipment?
What is a layer hen?
A hen raised for egg production.
The section of the oviduct where fertilization occurs.
What is the infundibulum?
One disadvantage of free-range systems.
What is exposure to predators/disease?
An example of an egg irregularity.
What is double yolk or soft shell?
The highest quality egg grade with firm whites and a high yolk.
What is Grade AA?
The part of the egg whose color depends on what the hen eats.
What is the yolk?
Another name for egg whites.
What is albumen?
Something manipulated in commercial egg production to increase laying.
What is light ?
The total number of days for a chicken egg to hatch.
What is 21 days?
The main difference between broiler and layer breeds.
What is broilers are bred for meat, layers for egg production?
Structures that help regulate body temperature in chickens.
What are the comb and wattle?
The total time it takes for an egg to form inside a hen.
What is about 24–26 hours?
Four types of housing systems for layer hens
Say the exact terms
- Enriched colony house
- Conventional housing
- Free Range housing
- Free Run housing
The tubes that transport sperm from the testes.
What are the vas deferens?
The full pathway an egg travels before being laid.
What is ovary → infundibulum → magnum → isthmus → shell gland → cloaca?
A structure made up of five parts where egg formation occurs.
What is the oviduct?
The purpose of this structure is to add the shell; the egg stays here about 18–20 hours.
What is the shell gland (uterus)?
The correct way to check a broiler house.
Brown eggs are more nutritious than white eggs
What is FALSE!!!!!!!