Poultry Industry Quiz

Humans have been growing poultry for almost as long as they have been involved in agriculture

• True

• False

Each year the average person in the United States consumes over  90 pounds of chicken and 22 dozen eggs

• True

• False

.           At one time  most farmers raised chickens for both meat and eggs

• True

• False

. Most of the nation's broilers are grown in the northern states.

• True

• False

Almost all of the broilers produced are tan.

• True

• False

The vast majority of the eggs sold in the United States are white eggs.

• True

• False

Turkeys cannot tolerate cold weather as well as chickens.

• True

• False

In China and Southeast Asia, ducks and geese make up a large part of the overall diet.

• True

• False

Chickens make up the largest part of the poultry industry. The second most widely produced birds are geese.

• True

• False

Each year thousands of quail and pheasants are released into the wild to provide birds for hunting.

 

• True

• False