Chicken Fun Facts!
If you sing near a chicken, they will shake their heads because they don't like the noise!
If you open up an umbrella near a chicken, it scares it. I would not do this, because your chickens may not like you if you do this repeatedly.
The largest recorded size of a chicken egg was 12 oz and measured 12-1/4" in diameter.
The chicken is the closest living relative to the T-Rex.
The Ameraucana and Araucana breeds can lay eggs of green or blue.
Chickens have over 200 distinct noises they can make for communicating.
The prime time for a chicken to be brudy is when it molts.
If you hold a chicken upside down, it will not move untill you put it back down.
Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens.
It is known that chickens can run at speeds of up to 9 mph.
Believe it or not, a hen can lay about 300 eggs in a year!
An adult male chicken is called a cock or a rooster.
A baby male chicken is called a cockerel.
Chickens don't have teeth, so they swallow their food whole.
A chicken's heart beats at a stunning 280-315 beats per minute.
Chickens will roost up on something to go to sleep, just as turkeys roost up on trees.
Chickens are omnivores, which means that they eat both vegetables and meat. As an example, humans are an omnivore, because we too eat vegetables and meat.
A chicken egg comes out of what is called a "vent."
The average chicken has about 8,000 feathers. That's a pretty warm coat! In fact, chickens can survive temperatures of -20°F! (This was taken from the Dec 2012/Jan 2012 issue of Backyard Poultry Magazine)
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If you open up an umbrella near a chicken, it scares it. I would not do this, because your chickens may not like you if you do this repeatedly.
The largest recorded size of a chicken egg was 12 oz and measured 12-1/4" in diameter.
The chicken is the closest living relative to the T-Rex.
The Ameraucana and Araucana breeds can lay eggs of green or blue.
Chickens have over 200 distinct noises they can make for communicating.
The prime time for a chicken to be brudy is when it molts.
If you hold a chicken upside down, it will not move untill you put it back down.
Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens.
It is known that chickens can run at speeds of up to 9 mph.
Believe it or not, a hen can lay about 300 eggs in a year!
An adult male chicken is called a cock or a rooster.
A baby male chicken is called a cockerel.
Chickens don't have teeth, so they swallow their food whole.
A chicken's heart beats at a stunning 280-315 beats per minute.
Chickens will roost up on something to go to sleep, just as turkeys roost up on trees.
Chickens are omnivores, which means that they eat both vegetables and meat. As an example, humans are an omnivore, because we too eat vegetables and meat.
A chicken egg comes out of what is called a "vent."
The average chicken has about 8,000 feathers. That's a pretty warm coat! In fact, chickens can survive temperatures of -20°F! (This was taken from the Dec 2012/Jan 2012 issue of Backyard Poultry Magazine)
Do you have a fun fact? Tell me your fun fact on the Contact Form!
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