Trivial Pursuit: Chicken Quiz Time 1

I’m an educator by trade, experienced with curriculum development and public speaking. I’ve learned over the years that as much as I know about a subject I’m by no means an expert. I’m always looking for ways to learn more and to be better at what I do. When I started blogging about chickens I’d already had birds for almost a decade but I still wanted to explore the world of poultry keeping.

When the Covid-19 shutdown first hit I had more time on my hands, since I was able to work at home. In addition to writing full length science-based articles for this blog, I started posting small snippets of information on my Facebook page, a platform more appropriate for folks scrolling through competing sites.

Those posts consisted of short stories, photos of health issues and quizzes. I recently stumbled across my ‘minis’ file and thought I would post some of them here.

Here is your opportunity to test your knowledge about chickens. Grab a piece of paper and jot down the answers (no cheating). Once you’re finished, scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers.

#1 Chicken Vaccines: The aim of this game is to: Part 1- name 12 pathogens that chickens can be vaccinated for AND Part 2 – the ways those vaccines can be administered. There are 11 methods, some more common than others. Name them.

#2 Respiratory Infections: How many respiratory infections/issues can you name? There are a bunch if you consider the various features of the whole respiratory system, which includes the mouth, nose, trachea, lungs and air sacs.

#3 Comb Types: There are nine recognized types of combs (in addition there are duplex or combination combs). How many can you name?

#4 Crest Genetics: Most of my birds have some kind of a crest, inherited from their mother, father or both of them. The crest is a dominant gene so even if only one parent is crested their offspring will have one – sometimes a bit smaller than their parent.

Answers

#1 Vaccines: The chicken pathogens that can be vaccinated for are: Cholera, Coccidiosis, Encephalomyelitis, Fowl Pox, Infectious Bronchitis (IB), Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro), Infectious Coryza, Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT), Marek’s Disease, Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG), Newcastle Disease and Salmonella.

The methods used include: cloacal, drinking water, feather follicle, in the egg, intramuscular, nasal, eye drops, oral, spray, subcutaneous and wing stab.

#2 Respiratory Infections: These are the various pathogens/issues that can affects the respiratory system areas: Airsacculitis, Avian Influenza, Aspergillosis, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Fowl Cholera, Fowl Pox, Gapeworm, Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious Coryza, Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, Mycoplasma Synoviae, Newcastle Disease, Sinusitis, Swollen Head Syndrome and Trichonomosis (Canker). Have I missed any?

#3 Crested Breeds: Altsteirer, Appenzeller Barthuhner, Appenzeller Spitzhauben, Brabanter, Breda, Burmese, Cream Legbar, Crevecoeur, Houdan, Icelandic, Legbar, Owlbeard, Padovana, Paduan, Pavlovskaya, Polish, Sanjak, Silkie, Sulmtaler, Sultan and Swedish Flower. If you haven’t heard of some of them Google to check out some cool-looking chickens from other parts of the world.