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Chapter 16: THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
Answers to Review Questions
TRUE/FALSE
1. Humans have been growing poultry for almost as long as they have been involved
with agriculture.
2. Each year the average person in the United States consumes over 90 pounds of
chicken and 22 dozen eggs.
3. At one time, most farmers raised chickens for both meat and eggs.
4.
5. Almost all of the broilers produced are tan.
6. The vast majority of the eggs sold in the United States are white eggs.
7. Turkeys cannot tolerate cold weather as well as chickens.
8. In China and Southeast Asia, ducks and geese make up a large part of the overall
diet.
9. Chickens make up the largest part of the poultry industry. The second most widely
produced birds are geese.
10. Each year thousands of quail and pheasants are released into the wild to provide
birds for hunting.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The meat that is considered to be healthier than most meats is
2. The largest segment of the poultry industry is raising
3. Raising chickens is divided into two parts: broiler production and
4. Chickens that produce eggs daily are called
5. Chickens produced for meat are called
6. One of the first steps in the management of broilers is
7. Eggs that are to be hatched must be
8. At processing and packaging, eggs are lightly coated with
9. Candling is a process that checks for defects in
10. Areas designed to keep eggs clean are
DISCUSSION
1. How are breeder birds selected?
2. Why are almost all of the broilers white?
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3. Why is it essential that hatching eggs be clean?
4. What are the two rooms in a commercial hatchery?
5. Why are lights kept on in a chicken house?
6. Why is the litter in a chicken house a valuable fertilizer?
7. Why are eggs coated with mineral oil?
8. What are the two major ways of growing turkeys?
9. What animals are raised in the poultry industry?
10. What is meant by raising broilers on contract?