Fun Facts About
Chickens!

A male chicken is called a Rooster.

A female chicken is called a Hen.

A baby chicken is called a Chick – A young female chicken is called a Pullet – A young male chick is called a Capon.

Egg incubation period is 21 days.

Chickens will not lay eggs when it is dark outside. As days get shorter chickens lay fewer eggs.

Hens start laying eggs at about five months old. These small eggs are called pullet eggs and will increase in size as the hen gets older.

Chickens may lay up to one egg a day during their peak laying period. Usually a chicken lays about 250 eggs per year.

The thing you see on the top of the head is called the ‘comb’ and under the chin is the ‘waddle’.

The color of the chicken does not determine the color of the eggs she lays. And the color of the eggshell has nothing to do with the quality of the egg.

Chickens do not chew their food. Food is stored in the ‘crop’ until it is taken in by the stomach.

The food is digested in the gizzard. Chickens swallow small stones or gravel, which helps to digest their food.

Chickens utilize a wide range of sounds to communicate with each other and even communicate with their chicks while they’re still inside their eggs.

Chickens have the ability to recognize and remember around 100 different faces.

Chickens are omnivores. They eat plants, seeds, and grains, but also like to peck around in the dirt and find bugs to eat, for example, beetles, larvae, slugs, and grasshoppers.