Do You Know Your Chicken Facts?
1) There are more chickens on earth than people- 25 billion.
2) Chickens can remember over 100 different faces of people or animals.
3) A mother hen turns her eggs about 50 times per day, and can lay more than 300 eggs per year.
4) The color of the egg depends on the chickens earlobes. Red ear lobed chickens lay brown eggs, while white ear lobed chickens lay white eggs.
5) As chickens grow older, they lay larger eggs, but fewer than when they’re younger.
6) Chickens can taste saltiness, but not sweetness.
7) A hen has to eat about four pounds of feed to make one dozen eggs.
8) Chicken bodies contain 15% more water than humans.
9) If chickens listen to classical music, they can lay bigger and heavier eggs.
10) Chickens can run up to nine miles per hour.
