Why did the chicken cross the road? Which came first the Chicken or the egg? Visit the Chickie Wiki!	Did you Know?
See the chick hatch	Watch how Mama Hen takes care of her newly hatched chicks. Watch this 4H live EGG CAM
Meet the Mama's and the Papas. This is the Papa. He is very handsome don't you think? He looks like he is wearing pajamas because he has feathers on his legs!	This is one of the Mama's She is an Australope. So what color do you think her chicks will be?

See the Mamas and the Papas and click here is a great site to show you one of our hens laying an egg

Our chicks will be Rhode Island Reds. Click here and print out a Red to color!

See the chicken inside the egg. It is called candling. Watch the movie

See how many Chicks are produced in big hatchery!

Did you know?

Did you know?

• Chickens love to watch television and have vision similar to humans. They also seem to enjoy music, especially classical.
• Chickens learn by watching the other's mistakes. They are good teachers and learn easily.
• Chickens have more than 30 distinct cries to communicate to one another.
• A mother hen will turn her eggs as many as five times an hour and cluck to her unborn chicks, who will chirp back to her and to one another from within their shells!
• Chickens navigate by the sun.
• Chickens form strong family ties and mourn when they lose a loved one.