Vocab
Incubation Facts
Chicken Anatomy
Poultry History
Miscellaneous
100

What is a group of animals that share many of the same physical features; (in chickens it can be combs, skin colors, feather colors and patterns)

Breed

100

What tool is used to read the temperature of the incubator?

Thermometer

100

What is the purpose of the comb?

To regulate body temperature

100

Chickens were first discovered and domesticated thousands of years ago in what country?

Southeast Asia

100

This breed of chicken named after a spring holiday produces colorful eggs

Easter Egger

200

What is the definition of a pullet

A young female chicken less than a year old, does not lay eggs

200

Explain why it is not safe to mark the eggs with Sharpie. What should be used instead?

The chemicals will enter the egg through the pores, a pencil should be used.

200

What does the chalaza do?

It is the umbilical cord that holds the yolk in the center of the egg

200

What group of people discovered turkeys in America when they sailed here from England?

Pilgrims

200

The white part of the egg is also called the

albumin

300

A pocket of air that forms between the shell and the shell membrane at the large end of the egg as the egg cools after being laid is called?

Air cell

300

When incubating chicken eggs, what temperature should the incubator be?

99.5-102 degrees Fahrenheit

300

Where do the eggs exit from the hen?

The vent

300

Early pioneers and settlers sold _________ such as chicken meat, eggs, and cow's milk on their farmsteads. Eventually their farmstead businesses developed into town farmer's markets.

commodities

300

Named after a color, a body part, and something that produces a loud noise, this chicken is one of the most popular breeds among American farms

White Leghorn

400

The moist protective coating on a freshly laid eggs that partially seals the pores of the eggshell to prevent bacteria from entering the egg is called?

Bloom

400

The process of using a flashlight in a dark room to examine the inside of a fertile egg

Candling

400

The eggshell is made entirely of ______, an important mineral that strengthens our bones

Calcium

400

Chickens originally lived in the ______ in Southeast Asia

jungles

400

List natural behaviors of chickens, there are 5!

Dust bathing, nesting, perching, socializing, foraging

500

What is the meaning of Alektorophobia?

The fear of chickens

500

How many more days will it take to hatch the eggs?

13 more days

500

What is molting?

The process of losing feathers for new feathers to come in
500

Tennessee is now ranked ______ in top broiler production in the nation

14th

500

List at least 3 reasons why a hen might stop laying eggs

Molting season, winter, sickness, old age

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