Junior Questions Q. What is the 4-H motto? A. “To make the best better” Q. What is the 4-H pledge? A. “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world” Q. What do the 4 “H’s” in 4-H stand for? A. Head, Heart, Hands, and Health Q. What does ARBA stand for? A. American Rabbit Breeders Association Q. How often is the ARBA standard of perfection revised? A. Every 5 years Q. What are rabbits with pink eyes called? A. Albino Q. What does summer ears refer to? A. Rabbits with large ears Q. How many degrees of vision does a rabbit have? A. 360* Q. How many toes does a rabbit have? A. 18 Q. How many teeth does a rabbit have? A. 28 Q. What is the rear part of a rabbit called? A. Hindquarters Q. What is the front part of a rabbit called? A. Forequarters Q. What is another name for the hind leg joint of a rabbit? A. Hock Q. What is the term for a bent or twisted tail? A. Wry tail or screw tail Q. What is the term for crooked teeth? A. Wolfe teeth, buck teeth, or malocclusion Q. What is the fold of skin that hangs from the does neck of some breeds? A. Dewlap Q. Can you name the breeds that would be disqualified for a dewlap? A. Brittania Petite, Dwarf Hotot, Himalayan, Netherland Dwarf, Polish, Silver, and Tan Q.Name the Lop breeds? A. American Fuzzy Lop, Holland Lop, Mini Lop, French Lop, and English Lop Q. Name the Chinchilla breeds? A. Standard Chinchilla, American Chinchilla, and Giant Chinchilla Q. Name the 3 spotted breeds? A. Checkered Giant, English Spot, and Rhinelander Q. What breed(s) should never be handled by the loose skin over their shoulders? A. Rex, Mini Rex, Satins, and the Angoras Q. What ear is the tattoo in? A. Left Q. What goes in the right ear? A. The register’s “R” circled, or the rabbit’s registration number Q. What does gestation mean? A. The time a doe is pregnant Q. How long is a rabbit’s gestation pierod? A. 30-32 day Q. When should you put the box in a doe’s cage for her to deliver her litter? A. 28 days Q. When breeding rabbits, whose cage do you use? A. You always take the doe to the bucks cage, because rabbits are very territorial animals, and the doe might attack the buck if he comes into her cage Q. What is a litter? A. A group of babies being born to the same doe at the same time Q. What does kindling mean? A. When a rabbit gives birth Q. What does lactation mean? A. When a rabbit is giving milk, nursing her young Q. What is a kit? A. a baby rabbit Q. What is another name for kit? A. Kitling Q. How old is a rabbit when it opens it’s eyes? A. 10 days Q. When do you wean baby rabbits from their mother? A. 6-8 weeks Q. What is the father rabbit called? A. Sire Q. What is the mother rabbit called? A. Dam Q. What is a pedigree? A. A written chart of the rabbit’s ancestors for at least 3 generations Q. What does 4 class breed mean? A. Junior Buck, Junior Doe, Senior Buck, and Senior Doe Q. What does 6 class breed mean? A. Junior Buck, Junior Doe, Intermediate Buck, Intermediate Doe, Senior Buck, and Senior Doe Q. What is a junior? A. A rabbit under 6 months of age Q. What is an intermediate? A. For the larger breeds, a 6-8 month old rabbit Q. What is a senior? A. For the smaller breeds, a rabbit over 6 months of age, for the larger breeds a rabbit over 8 months of age Q. List 6 reasons why rabbits are raised? A. Show, meat, pet, fur, lab work, manure fertilizer Q. How is a rabbit’s temperature regulated? A. Through their ears Q. True or False: Rabbits prespire just like people? A. False Q. How do you treat fur mites? A. You use cat flea powder, you don’t want to use dog flea powder because it is too strong Q. What is another name for conjunctivitis? A. Weepy eye Q. What is ear canker? A. Scabs caused by ear mites Q. What is the term for the feel of the fur? A. Texture Q. What is density? A. Thickness of the coat Q. What is luster? A. The brightness and brillance of the fur Q. What is another name for a rabbit’s fur? A. Pelage Q. What are the longer hair in a rabbit’s coat called? A. Guard Hairs Q. What is the undercoat? A. The finer fur next to the skin Q. What is rollback? A. When you pet a rabbit backwards, and it fur slowly rolls back into position- example: Netherland Dwarf Q. What is a flyback? A. When you pet a rabbit backwards, and it’s fur quickly flies right back into position- example: Dutch Q. What is a prime line? A. When you pet a rabbit backwards and there’s a line going down it’s back, showing that it’s coat is in prime condition Q. What does variety mean? A. The color of the rabbit Q. What is agouti? A. A hair shaft that has 3 or more bands of color- varieties with this: Chestnut Agouti, Chocolate Agouti, Chinchilla, Opal, ect. Q. What is a butterfly? A. A nose marking on the Checkered Giant, English Spot, Rhinelander, and the Broken varieties |
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