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What is the first stage in the chicken life cycle?
Egg
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What is the second stage in the chicken life cycle?
Chick
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What is the final stage in the chicken cycle?
Adult Chicken
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What is the female chicken called?
Hen
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What is the male chicken called?
Rooster
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Why does the hen sit on top of the eggs?
To keep them warm
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What is an egg tooth?
A lump on a chick's beak
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What does a chick use its egg tooth for?
To make holes around the shell so it can hatch
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What happens to the egg tooth after the chick is hatched?
It falls off because it is no longer needed
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What does fertilized egg mean?

It means a baby chick will hatch from it

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How many eggs does a hen lay in a day?
1-2
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How many days does it take an egg to hatch?
21 days
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Why are some eggs brown and some are white?

It depends on the colour of the mother's feathers

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300

How long can a chicken live?

10-12 years

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What is the protective covering of the eggs?
Shell
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What is the purpose of the hard covering of the egg?
To protect the chick growing inside
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What does the baby chick use in the egg for nutrition?
Yolk
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What is yolk?
The yellow part inside of an egg that gives the baby chick the food it needs to grow
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What part of the egg is the albuman, the yellow or the white?

white 

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True or False, a chicken can lay up to 250 eggs a year?

True

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What are some health and safety rules when it comes to handling the chicks?

wash hands, be gentle, clean brooder box often, change water, top up food

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When baby chicks hatch they are covered with tiny, soft, fluffy feathers. What are those feathers called?
Down
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What is the name of the machine the eggs kept warm to hatch in?

incubator

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