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Raising Chickens
Chicks
Chickens
100
What color is the comb?
red
100
What are birds that farmers raise for food?
poultry
100
What do we call the order of leaders in a flock of chickens?
the pecking order
100
What is it called when a hen sits on her eggs to hatch them?
brood
100
What do you call a female chicken?
hen
200
What is a wattle?
the thing that hangs under the chickens chin
200
How many chicken breeds are there?
more than 60
200
Where do most chickens live?
factory farms
200
How long does it take a chicken egg to hatch?
21 days or 3 weeks
200
What do you call a male chicken?
rooster
300
What is it called when chickens pick at their feathers to clean themselves?
preening
300
Where in the world did chickens originally come from?
Asia
300
What is a factory farm?
A large farm where thousands of birds are raised in small cages
300
How do chicks break their shell?
with their egg tooth
300
Name an enemy of chickens.
foxes, raccoons, skunks, hawks, owls, weasels
400
Why do chickens take dust baths?
to get rid of insects
400
How long ago did people tame chickens?
over 5,000 years
400
What are free range chickens?
Chickens that are allowed to move around in large cages or open areas
400
What are the feathers that cover a chick's body?
down
400
What kind of chicken lays most of the white eggs in grocery stores?
Leghorn
500
What do you call a chicken's mouth?
beak
500
What is a group of chickens called?
a flock
500
What is scratch?
a mix of grains fed to chickens
500
What do you call a baby that is growing inside an egg?
an embryo
500
How long does it take a female chick to grow into an adult hen that can lay eggs?
20 weeks