By Shellie Teems

May 2015

*Which came first? Was it the chicken or the egg?

*The Egg

*Egg Creation

Ovary – YolksMagnum – Egg whitesIsthmus – Shell membraneShell Gland – ShellVent – Opening where the egg comes out

*Strange Eggs

*Chicks

*Rooster Vs. Hen

*What Do Chickens Eat?

*Grains and seeds

*Bugs and worms

*Grass

*Fruits and vegetables

*The blackberries that you were trying to grow for yourself!

*yogurt

*Warm oatmeal during cold weather

*Water!!! Chickens drink a lot of water and they like it fresh.

*Rocks – Before food goes into the stomach it goes into the chicken’s crop. The crop uses the rocks that they have eaten to grind up or “chew” the food that they have eaten.

*Additional Information

*Chickens LOVE the color red.

*They go through a molt yearly where almost all of their feathers fall out and grow back again

*Predators are a great danger to chickens

*Bedtime!

*Chickens go to bed as soon as it starts to get dark.

*They come back to the hen house on their own.

*They sleep on a roost and like to roost higher than they lay their eggs.

*They lay eggs for around 5-7 years and can live for 8-10 years.