Pigment
What does pigment do as hen lays more eggs?
Fades or bleaches
Abdomen should be hard or soft? (For an efficient layer)
Soft
Fine, hair-like crack
Check
How many primaries?
10
Meat-type chicken
Broiler
Name of pigment
Xanthophyll
Abdomen should be narrow or wide? (for an efficient layer)
Wide
Egg cracked in hen's body, repaired by extra Ca
Body Check
Small feather separating primaries and secondaries.
Axial
Top agricultural industry in AL
Poultry
Pigment returns nearly ______times quicker than it took to fade.
3
Measurement should be _____________.
_____x______ (between the pelvic bones)
3 x 4
Yolk enlarged and flattened. Outline very defined on candling. Grade=________
B
Top (most important) factor in judging an egg-type hen for production.
Pigmentation
Vent is faded. How many eggs has she laid?
0-10
First part to fade.
Vent
Name of bone that is a marker for measurement. Pelvic bones and ______bone.
Keel
Crack with shell membranes intact
Dented Check
Another word for feathers
Plumage
Shank is faded. Top of toe is faded. How many eggs has she laid?
160-180
Last part to fade
Hock/top of toe
Name two of the 3 characteristics of a non-layer's abdomen.
Narrow, contracted, hard
Twisted piece of albumen.
Chalaza
First part to molt
Head
Feathers of a high-producing hen are ____________________.
Frayed, ragged, dirty, dull