Anatomy
Behaviours
Age Groups
Health
Light Sussex
100
what is the skin called underneath a chickens beak
Wattle
100
What is it called when chickens roll in dirt
Dust Bathing
100
What is a baby chicken
A Chick
100
How do you treat mites
With a medicated powder (pestene): rub it through their feathers/all over their body
100
What colour is the collar
Black
200
What is located on top of a chickens head
A comb
200
What is it called when chickens peck other
The pecking order
200
What is a male Chicken
A Rooster
200
How to treat worms
Medication (Avitrol plus)
200
What colour is a light Sussex chickens legs
White
300
What colour should a developed chickens eye be
Yellow - Red or Black
300
Why do roosters raise their hackles
To be intimidating
300
What is a hen
A female chicken that beings to lay
300
What is an indication of a sick chicken
Heavy breathing
blue/purple/pale comb
curled up posture
unusual behaviours
300
What type of comb do they have
A straight comb
400
What is a spur
A sharp protrusion made from keratin on a chickens leg
400
Why is the pecking order necessary
The pecking order provides ranking amongst other chickens
- who gets top roost
- who gets rights to food/water first
- who gets privileges
400
What is a female chicken called after 12 weeks and before it lays its first egg
A Pullet
400
A chicken has an infection on the bottom of their foot, what is it called
Bumble foot
400
Are the a small breed or large breed
Large
500
What shape is a roosters hackle feather
Pointy
500
What is it called when a hen becomes aggressive when laying on eggs
Broody
500
What is a male chicken called between 12 -52 weeks
Cockrel
500
What is Sour crop
A yeast infection caused by the food fermenting in a stagnant crop. this is usually called due to blockages, poor diet or bacterial imbalance. The crop will be foul smelling, squishy and swollen.
500
What colour is the outline of their black hackle feathers (collar)
White
