1. What is the most common type of comb? (single comb)
2. What are the feathers at the neck of a rooster called? (hackle feathers)
3. If you have 2 chickens, one with red earlobes and one with white earlobes, can they be the same breed? (no)
4. If a hen has red earlobes, what color eggs is it most likely to lay? (brown)
5. Is the snood on a chicken, duck, or turkey? (a turkey)
6. How long does it take for a chicken egg to hatch? (3 weeks or 21 days)
7. Do you need a rooster for a hen to lay eggs? (no)
8. Where on the body of a chicken would you find a muff? (chin area)
9. Where on the body of a chicken would you find a crest? (on top of the head)
10. What color of eggs do most chicken breeds lay? (brown)
11. Is the cushion comb common? (no)
12. If you have two black chickens, one with feathers on its legs and one clean legged, can they be the same breed? (no)
13. How old does a female chicken have to be called a hen? (1 year old)
14. What is the body part called where the egg-or poop-comes out? (the vent)
15. Does a chicken have an ear? (yes)
16. What is the hairy patch on the front of a turkey called? (the beard)
17. How many official breeds of chickens-as listed in the standard-lay blue-green eggs? (2)
18. Do you find saddle feathers on a hen or rooster or both? (rooster)
19. What is a male turkey called? (a tom)
20. Where is the sickle feather on a rooster? (the tail)
21. Does a silkie chicken have fur or feathers? (feathers)
22. What gas can be produced by manure that is harmful to chickens? (ammonia)
23. What is the book called where you can read about how a perfect bird of a breed should look? (The Standard of Perfection)
24. Some geese have a knob. Where is it? (on the head)
25. Name 3 things that affect how many eggs a chicken lays? (age, breed, health, length of daylight)
26. Do you find caruncles on a duck, a chicken, or a turkey? (a turkey)
27. Where do lice and mites come from? (other birds)
28. What type of comb does a Sicilian Buttercup have? (a buttercup comb)
29. Does a pea comb look like a pea? (no)
30. When a hen goes broody, what does she want to do? (sit on eggs or hatch some chicks)
31. When a chicken is molting, what is it doing? (losing old feathers and growing new ones)
32. What mineral is important for good egg shell formation? (calcium)
33. Where is the preen gland on a chicken? (the tail area)
34. What does “dual purpose” mean? (good for meat and eggs)
35. Which of the following temperatures would work best for incubating eggs, 95, 100, or 105 degrees? (100)
36. Many starter feeds for baby chicks are medicated. What disease is the medication able to prevent? (coccidiosis)
37. If a chicken has rough and raised scales on its legs, what does the chicken have? (scaley leg mites)
38. Does variety in chickens refer to different breeds? (no)
39. What is a baby turkey called? (a poult)
40. What is the main difference between bantams and large fowl? (size)
41. Name one chicken predator. (raccoon, dog, hawk, fox, opossum, mink, owl, etc)
42. What is a baby goose called? (a gosling)
43. Why is it often a problem to keep several roosters together? (they fight)
44. What is a baby duck called? (a duckling)
45. Are the saddle feathers on the back or on the neck of a rooster? (back)
46. Why do you need a heat lamp for chicks? (to keep them warm)
47. What is on a duck’s foot that helps make it a good swimmer? (webs)
48. What is the mouth part on a duck called? (a bill)
49. Where is the spur located on a chicken? (the leg)
50. Which one is older, a hen or a pullet? (a hen)
51. What is a chicken losing when it is molting? (its old feathers)
52. Does a hen normally lay more than one egg a day? (no)
53. Name two ways you can tell a rooster from a hen. (sometimes more colorful, bigger comb, spurs, saddle feathers, hackle feathers, no eggs, bigger wattles, overall size)
54. Do chickens have teeth? (no)
55. Name one thing that chickens have in common with all other birds. (lay eggs, feathers, eyes, etc)
56. Where is the earlobe on a chicken? (under the ear, on the face)
57. Name a body part that ducks, chickens and turkeys have in common. (beak, wings, feet, toenails, eyes, etc.)
58. Name two things that a chicken uses its beak for. (eating, fighting, drinking, digging, grooming, panting, breathing)
