Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Just a bit of fun. No prize for the most correct answers. Just a warm, smug feeling for being a smarty pants . 1. What colour eggs would you expect an Araucana hen to lay? 2. Which breed holds the record for the most eggs laid in a year? 3. How long does it take for an egg to be formed? 4. What colour earlobes would you expect a white egg laying hen to have? 5. Which country do Cochins originate from? 6. What year was the ban on Cock fighting in Britain passed? 7. What is a “wind egg”? 8. How many different types of comb are there? 9. What is the greatest number of yolks laid in one single egg? 10. What is the term for chicken phobia? 11. What is Dermanyssus gallinae? 12. Where would you expect to find the preen gland? 13. What is the syrinx? 14. What colour eggs do Campine hens lay? 15. What classification does the Nankin carry? 16. What is the Spitzhauben from which the Appenzeller Spitzhauben gets its name? 17. What was the original name given to the Norfolk Grey when it was first introduced by Mr Myhill in the 1920s? 18. What colour plumage would you expect an Ixworth to have? 19. Which part of a chicken’s anatomy could be described as “Walnut”? 20. Where do Wyandottes originate from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 Maybe I should have offered a prize ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 No one is brave enough.....I know a few of the answers,but not many You only have to look at my form on the quiz site to see that I am not going to do very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 Post some answers . No disgrace in not knowing them all. I posted the same quiz on another forum where there are lots of poultry breeders and so far they've only got 4 right . I wanted to see if back garden chicken keepers know more about chicken general knowledge than those who keep far more hens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Okey Dokey - here we go....no sniggering in the back please! 1 - Blue/Green 2 3 - 26 hours ??? 4 - White 5 - China,I think,or Vietnam (we nearly bought one once & were told) 6 - 1833 - 1845 (I Googled it!) 7 - An egg with no yolk 8 9 - 11 ??? 10 - Alektorophobia (Ditto answer 6!) 11 12 - Lower back/bum area 13 14 15 16 17 18 - White 19 20- I think they are a leghorn cross, so the USA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 I'll post the answers if a few more people have a try but well done, Sarah - pretty good going . Nothing wrong with doing a Google . That's where I got lots of the facts from in the first place . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 1. What colour eggs would you expect an Araucana hen to lay? Blue 2. Which breed holds the record for the most eggs laid in a year? Rhode Island Red 3. How long does it take for an egg to be formed? 24.5 hours 4. What colour earlobes would you expect a white egg laying hen to have? White 5. Which country do Cochins originate from? France 6. What year was the ban on Cock fighting in Britain passed? 1984 7. What is a “wind egg”? An egg with no shell. 8. How many different types of comb are there? 1 9. What is the greatest number of yolks laid in one single egg? 9 10. What is the term for chicken phobia? Chiekenarobia 11. What is Dermanyssus gallinae? Chicken poo 12. Where would you expect to find the preen gland? Face 13. What is the syrinx? End of the beak. 14. What colour eggs do Campine hens lay? Brown 15. What classification does the Nankin carry? Bald bottom 16. What is the Spitzhauben from which the Appenzeller Spitzhauben gets its name? German 17. What was the original name given to the Norfolk Grey when it was first introduced by Mr Myhill in the 1920s? Norfolk Dumpy 18. What colour plumage would you expect an Ixworth to have? Grey 19. Which part of a chicken’s anatomy could be described as “Walnut”? Vent 20. Where do Wyandottes originate from? France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 1. What colour eggs would you expect an Araucana hen to lay? Bluey green 2. Which breed holds the record for the most eggs laid in a year? Rhode Island Red 3. How long does it take for an egg to be formed? 28 hours 4. What colour earlobes would you expect a white egg laying hen to have? White 5. Which country do Cochins originate from? China 6. What year was the ban on Cock fighting in Britain passed? 1846 7. What is a “wind egg”? An egg with a soft shell??? 8. How many different types of comb are there? 12 9. What is the greatest number of yolks laid in one single egg? 5 10. What is the term for chicken phobia? fowlitus 11. What is Dermanyssus gallinae? Is it a game fowl 12. Where would you expect to find the preen gland? underneath the chickens saddle feathers by the start of the tail 13. What is the syrinx? The throat 14. What colour eggs do Campine hens lay? Cream 15. What classification does the Nankin carry? Not sure, it's something tho do with their head feathering though??? 16. What is the Spitzhauben from which the Appenzeller Spitzhauben gets its name? A town in Germany 17. What was the original name given to the Norfolk Grey when it was first introduced by Mr Myhill in the 1920s? Norfolk dumpy 18. What colour plumage would you expect an Ixworth to have? White 19. Which part of a chicken’s anatomy could be described as “Walnut”? It's gizzard 20. Where do Wyandottes originate from? Complete guess-Shanghai!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 I won't post the answers just yet but well done to all of you as there are loads of correct answers so far. I'll post them a bit later on to see if anyone else wants to have a go but thanks to those who've tried so far . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 OK will have a go 1. What colour eggs would you expect an Araucana hen to lay? Blue 2. Which breed holds the record for the most eggs laid in a year? Pass 3. How long does it take for an egg to be formed? 24 hours 4. What colour earlobes would you expect a white egg laying hen to have? White 5. Which country do Cochins originate from? China 6. What year was the ban on Cock fighting in Britain passed? Pass 7. What is a “wind egg”? A small yolkless egg 8. How many different types of comb are there? 8 (wild guess) 9. What is the greatest number of yolks laid in one single egg? 11 10. What is the term for chicken phobia? Pass 11. What is Dermanyssus gallinae? Pass 12. Where would you expect to find the preen gland? Under the vent 13. What is the syrinx? Pass 14. What colour eggs do Campine hens lay? White! 15. What classification does the Nankin carry? Bantam 16. What is the Spitzhauben from which the Appenzeller Spitzhauben gets its name? Pass 17. What was the original name given to the Norfolk Grey when it was first introduced by Mr Myhill in the 1920s? Pass 18. What colour plumage would you expect an Ixworth to have? Buff 19. Which part of a chicken’s anatomy could be described as “Walnut”? Comb 20. Where do Wyandottes originate from? Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 OK, thanks to those of you who took part. Hope you enjoyed the quiz . I'll let you have the answers now...you all did very well - garden chicken keepers are definitely more knowledgeable! 1. What colour eggs would you expect an Araucana hen to lay? Greenish blue 2. Which breed holds the record for the most eggs laid in a year? This is a bit contentious as I've come across several different answers since posing the question so anything accepted here. The one I had was the Australorp because in trials in 1922-23, 6 hens set a world record by laying 1857 eggs (that's an average of 309.5 for each hen) in a 365 day trial period without artificial lighting! 3. How long does it take for an egg to be formed? approximately 25 hours 4. What colour earlobes would you expect a white egg laying hen to have? white 5. Which country do Cochins originate from? China 6. What year was the ban on Cock fighting in Britain passed? 1849 7. What is a “wind egg”? an egg laid without a yolk in it. Also called "Cocks Eggs" because they used to think cockerels laid them! 8. How many different types of comb are there? According to the British Poultry Standards book there are an amazing 15 different types! 9. What is the greatest number of yolks laid in one single egg? 9 10. What is the term for chicken phobia? Alektorophobia 11. What is Dermanyssus gallinae? Red mite 12. Where would you expect to find the preen gland? On the back, just at the base of the tail 13. What is the syrinx? It's the chicken's voicebox and is found at the lung end of trachea 14. What colour eggs do Campine hens lay? White 15. What classification does the Nankin carry? Again, according to the British Poultry Standards book, it is classed as a Rare True Bantam 16. What is the Spitzhauben from which the Appenzeller Spitzhauben gets its name? The Appenzeller Spitzhauben got its name because its crest resembles the pointed bonnet worn by women in the Appenzeller area. This bonnet is called a Spitzhauben. 17. What was the original name given to the Norfolk Grey when it was first introduced by Mr Myhill in the 1920s? Black Mariah 18. What colour plumage would you expect an Ixworth to have? White 19. Which part of a chicken’s anatomy could be described as “Walnut”? It's a type of comb 20. Where do Wyandottes originate from? America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I came along to have a go - got about the same answers as Sarah - and now I've read the answers I wish I'd been here yesterday and had a go properly - too busy gardening, and eating chocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Must say i think i only knew one answer to that lot I knew it took 25 hours for an egg to develop & be laid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 why are cochins called cochin as the place cochin is in India? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 ok just looked on wiki makes sense now come on Emma I'm hopeless at chicken stuff yet I knew more than 1 Theres a thread we had recently where we discussed most yolks and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
