CHICKENS
Bird - Vertebrate - Herbivore
Bird - Vertebrate - Herbivore
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 COCKEREL
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Male: Cockerel, Cock, Rooster
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Female: Hen, Pullet (young hen)
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Young: Chicks
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CHICKENS
- Eggs can be white, brown, green or blue, depending upon the breed of chicken.
- There is no nutritional or taste difference between differently coloured eggs.
- Like to eat insects.
- Don't have teeth.
- Swallow small bits of dirt to help break down their food.
- Is the closest living relative to the Tyrannosaurus-Rex.
- Can fly, but not for long.
- Will lay larger eggs if the light in their cage is adjusted to make them think each day is 28 hours long.
- There are more chickens in the world than there are human beings.
- The longest recorded flight of a domestic chicken lasted 13 seconds.
- Chickens do not carry chickenpox.
- Lay an average of 228 eggs per annum .
- Before chicks hatch, they communicate with each other - and with their mothers - through a system of sounds.
- Baby chickens use their right eye to look for food and their left eye to look out for predators.
- The greatest number of yolks found in a single egg was nine.
- The largest number of eggs laid in one day was seven.