- A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
- There are four places in the United State with the word "chicken" in their name. Chicken, Alaska; Chicken Bristle; in
Illinois and Kentucky; and Chicken Town, Pennsylvania. - The largest chicken egg on record was nearly 12 oz., measuring 12 1/4" around.
- There are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird. More than one chicken for every human on the
face of this earth. - Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
- There are approximately 450 million chickens in the United States… including yours.
- Chickens make sounds with actual meaning. They give different alarm calls when threatened by different predators.
- If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role, stop laying, and begin to crow.
- The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt bulb for five hours.
- The closest living relative of the t-rex is the chicken.
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