Carcasses
What is the grade of a carcass with one broken, non-protruding bone?
A Grade B carcass
What are the three most important things in judging live birds?
Pigment loss, abdominal capacity, handling qualities
A hen with very little abdominal fat is what kind of egg producer?
A good producer (produces lots of eggs)
What is the grade of a broken-out egg where the thick and thin albumen cannot be told apart?
Grade B
What is the name of this part?
One half of the breast with the wing and back portion attached
Breast Quarter
What is the grade of a carcass with a 1/3" inch cut to the breast?
Grade B
Pigment loss on this part of the bird only means that the hen hasn't laid many eggs
The Vent
How do you measure for abdominal capacity?
Placing your fingers between the pubic bones of the hen and measuring, then placing your fingers between the pubic bones and the keel bones and measuring. The combined measurements are the abdominal capacity
What is the grade of an interior egg where the outline of the yolk is only slightly defined?
Grade AA
What is the name of this part?
The thigh and the drumstick with the back portion removed.
Whole leg
What are the 3 factors used in judging carcasses? (looking for the actual terms used)
Exposed flesh, missing parts, and disjointed and broken bones
Pigment loss on these parts are the last places that a hen loses pigment.
hock and tops of toes
What is the order of pigment loss in hens from first to last?
Vent, eye ring, ear lobe, beak, bottom of foot, entire shank, hock and tops of toes
What are windows?
Thin spots in the shell that weaken it or cause easy breaking.
What is the name of this part?
Both halves of the chicken breast that has a rounded, elevated appearance and will not lay flat.
Whole breast with ribs
How do you judge exposed flesh on a carcass?
Judge it based on the length of the cut and the amount of flesh showing based on the weight of the carcass.
Soft, pliable, fatty, hard, are all terms that could describe what in giving oral reasons?
Handling Qualities
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What is the grade of an egg that may have a few rough spots and calcium deposits, but these do affect the strength or shape of the egg?
Grade A
What is the name of this part?
The lower portion of the leg that is separated at the hock and knee joints with the bone removed
Boneless Drumstick
What are the maximum allowed missing parts for a B grade carcass?
Wing to the second joint (tips and flats), tail, and the back area no wider than the base of the tail extending up to the area between the hip joints
What is the order of importance of oral reasons? What should you judge first, second, etc.,
Pigment loss, abdominal capacity, handling qualities, molt
Why is more abdominal fat in hens an indicator that they are not good producers?
Hens use the energy from food to produce more eggs. Hens not producing as many eggs don't need the extra energy and it is stored as fat.
What is the definition of a Dirty Grade Egg (need to give ALL possible answers)
One that has scattered stains that cover more than 1/16 of the shell surface or localized stains that cover more than 1/32 of the shell or has any dirt or foreign material
What is the name of this part?
The inner pectoral muscle that lies up against the keel bone and removed from the inner portion of the breast
Tenderloin