Poultry Quiz 3

an egg which has a shell that is seriously stained or which has adhering foreign material. Cannot be sold for consumer use; however can be converted to egg products

• The surgical removal of the comb.
• Prevents: injury/cannibalism/frostbite

lowering environmental temperatures through the use of water evaporation. use of water saturated fiber cells to cool the air as it enters the building.

the removal of internal organs or viscera

a measure of feed efficiency

a tray molded of wood pulp or plastic designed to hold and protect eggs during handling and transportation

Refers to any poultry species. We only eat poultry.(All poultry are fowl but not all fowl are poultry)

• Sexual Development
• Feed Intake
• Growth rates
• Cannibalism
• Time of day
• When eggs are laid

June 21st

December 21st

Day length should be fixed or decreasing

Either fixed or increasing

• Provide a day length that will maximize feed intake
• Week 1: 24 hours of light
• Week 2: 12-16 hours of light

• reduce feed intake
• reduce cannibalism
• reduce egg size
• reduce power bill
• "Ascetes"

0.5-1

• Power bill increases
• Cannibalism increases

• Correct bulb size
• Dimmers

7 foot candles

• Constant light
• Stepdown-stepup lighting program

All artificial light in the morning and let them go to bed with the sunset

Look at chart in packet

• 0 to 18 weeks of age: fixed or decreasing
• 19 to 40 weeks of age: increasing then fixed
• at 40 weeks of age: on 4:00 off at 4:45 = 12 hours of light
• at 44 weeks of age: on at 4:00 off at 4:30 on at 42 week on at 5:00 off at 5:30 on at 6:00 off at 6:15 = 8 hours 
• at 46 week of age: on at 4:00 off at 4:15 on at 5:00 off at 5:15 = 4 hours of light

• Week One: 24 hours
• Week 2-6: 12-16 hours
• Last Week: 24???

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• Week one: 24 hours
• Week 2-7: 12-16 hours
• Grow Facility: No Lights

• Incandescent
• Fluorescent

Not used very often anymore because it is inefficient

• 4 tube
• Youtube ?
• Circulite

• Step down, step up program
• 22-24 hours first 3-4 days
• Last week is hours of light on light chart
• drop .25 every week
• take sunrise and add 30 mins

• Starting number-Ending number   
•    Starting number of birds            X100

Eggs Laid (21-60 Weeks of Age)/ Hen-Days X 100

Eggs Laid (21-60 Weeks of age) / Hen housed Days X 100

Eggs Laid (21-60 Weeks) / Starting Number of Birds

• A.)Eggs/12=Dozen 
•     Pounds of Feed/Dozen
• B.) Pounds of Feed/ Number of Eggs X 12

Pounds of Feed/ Hen-Housed Days X 100