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My chicken farm visit Use this booklet to keep a record about what happens on a chicken farm.

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Chicken farm fact file

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Did you know?A crop is a farmer’s term for a lifecycle of a chicken on the farm.

What is the name of the farm?

Where is the farm?

What is the name of the farmer?

How many people work on the farm? Who are they?

How do they help the farmer?

How big is the farm?

How many years has the farm reared chicken?

How many chickens are reared on the farm per crop?

How many crops are produced per year?

How many chickens are produced per year?

What is the breed of chicken reared on the farm?

To what system are the chickens reared?AssuredHigher WelfareFree RangeOrganic

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Draw a picture of a chicken you see on the farm…

About the chicken

Did you know?A male chicken is called a cockerel and a female chicken is called a pullet.

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Describe and label the features of the chicken.

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What happens during the day on the farm? Find out about six activities and record when they happen.

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A day in the life of a farmer

What type of special equipment is used on the farm?

Did you know?Chickens bob their heads because they liketo have a good look at their surroundings.

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Find out about the life of a chicken – complete the boxes below.

Life of a chicken

Did you know?A group of chickens is calleda ‘flock’, while a group ofchicks is a ‘clutch’ or ‘peep’.

Egg-laying

Incubation Hatching

Chick Adult

Parent flock

Breeder farm

Hatcheries

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How long does a chicktake to hatch?

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Are the chickensfriendly?

How much exercisedo the chickens doeach day?

Looking after the chickens

Did you know?Chickens farmed for meat are called broilerchickens and those farmed for eggs arecalled egg-laying hens.

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What do the chickens eat?

Where do the chickenslive?

Do chickens sleep? If so, how long?

Can chickens fly?

Who looks afterthe chickens?

How many chickens are in the shed?

How does thefarmer look afterthe chickens?

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Processing

What does the Red Tractor symbol mean?

Did you know?There are around 50 billion chickens globally, making it the most populous bird in the world. Around 900million broiler chickens are reared every year in the UK.

From farm…What happens to the chickenswhen they are fully grown?

Where are the chickens sent to?

…to fork

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AcknowledgementThis work has been developed by the British Nutrition Foundation, and is supported by the British Poultry Council and National Farmers Union.© Food – a fact of life www.foodafactoflife.org.uk 2013

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Different types of poutlry

Did you know?Chickens are a type of poultry. List three other types ofpoultry and suggest ways you can include them in dishes.

What did you enjoy most about the farm visit?

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