Interesting Facts About Chickens



1.   Chickens are submissive

   
2.     There are about 50 different breeds of chickens you can get in Australia

3.     Chicken manure will start to smell bad after left for a few days

4.     Chickens are good for meat as well as eggs

5.     Chickens can be easily trained

6.     Chickens don’t get along with each other very well because they are territorial

7.     10 chickens will get you 100kg of manure a year

8.     Chickens are smarter then dogs and cats

9.     There are chickens that lay purple eggs

10.They malt once a year in Autumn

11.Chickens eat meat cooked or raw

12.In winter chickens don’t lay as many eggs

13.Chickens will lay 1 egg every day for around 12 months and after that then they will slowly drop their weekly egg production

14.If you change their environment then it will take them a few weeks before they will lay again

15.A chicken won’t lay if it’s stressed

16.Ticks won’t kill chickens as fast as they kill dogs

17.Chickens don’t care where they poo

18.Chickens don’t have teeth

19.A chickens egg represents it’s health

20.It takes 24 hours for a chicken to lay an egg

21.Only feed them breads and pasta’s once a week because otherwise they will get constipated

22.If a chicken is sick give it raw egg to heal it quicker

23.If you shake an egg and you can hear the liquid inside then it is nearly expired

24.If an egg is standing up when placed in water then only use in cooking

25.Eggs are made of billions of holes and when they are opened up then the egg starts to go bad

26.You can freeze eggs for up to 6 months without losing nutrition and they defrost easily

27.Eggs are best to be stored upside down

28.You can store eggs for 3 months before they go off

29.Eggs can be stored in the fridge for up to 6 months depending on the egg size

30.5 chickens need 5x5 meters of run area

31.Chickens eat around 120g of food a day

32.Chickens can lay for up to 8 years