National FFA Poultry Evaluation Broiler Standards

Deformities that cause poultry disqualification

Crooked neck, back, keel, or toes; crossed beak; eye blindness; walking-impairing leg or foot defects; green shanks; solid black feathers; and missing main tail feathers.

Body length requirement

 Body length should be proportionally larger than the body width

Shoulder width requirement

Should be 75% of the length of the back.

Body depth requirement

Measured from backbone to keelbone; must equal or exceed shoulder width at the front and rear of the keel.

Keel length requirement

The length of the keel should be equal to or greater than the width across the shoulders

Spring of the ribs are equal to what

width across the shoulders

Width across the hips requirement

The width across the hips should exceed the width across the shoulders

length of muscling is determined by what

the length of the keel

The length of muscling should extend the full distance along the keel bone and be approximately 1.5 times greater than the width of muscling

A short breast is indicated when the length of the muscling is almost equal to the width of the muscling. A long breast is indicated when the length of the muscling is almost 1.5 times greater than the width of the muscling across the breast

The depth of muscling is determined by the depth of the body. The depth of muscling should be equal to or greater than the width of muscling

The keel bone should also run parallel to the backbone

width of muscling determined by what

the width of breast between the points of wing attachments

The carry of muscling is determined by what

how well the breast meat width carries from the front to the rear

breast muscling should be what?

Wide and flat in front, which should carry to the rear of the breast.

the muscling should not do what and form what?

Come to a sharp point at the rear of the keel but should form a blunt end