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9 facts about chickens!!!

9 facts about chickens!!!

Gold Cochin January 12, 2016

9 Facts about chickens

Facts about chickens you should know. For example, did you know that hundreds of millions of chickens are killed each year, and served in fast food chain restaurants. Chickens are extremely complex creatures, with ability to recognize pain and happiness, so you might think twice before you have your next chicken steak, or chicken burger. Here you can find facts about chickens you didn’t know.

Here we present you the funniest chicken facts you didn’t know:

1. Chickens have excellent memory

facts about chickens

via pixabay.com

It is assumed that chickens have ability to recognize more then 100 hundred different faces of people and animals. Pretty cool to know that your chicken recognizes you, and actually sees your face.

2. Chickens have full-color vision

This is pretty awesome to know. Not all birds have this ability, I mean not all birds can fly (sorry penguins), but useful thing to know, however.


tested via Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

3. Chickens love to BOSS around

In the chicken coop each chicken knows her place, so there is like social ladder which they strongly respect.

4. There are more chickens than people on the Earth

facts about chickensIt is known that there are over 25 billion of them in the world, that’s a lot  more than any other bird, WooOOW. Brace yourselves, chicken era is coming.

(Check our list with 51 different chicken types)

5. Chickens can feel pain

Fortunate or unfortunate ability???

6. Hens are very protective

Hens protect their young chick from predators. So think twice before you call them ”chicken”.

7. They actually dream dreams when they fall asleep

They experience rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which means they dream just like people do, not in a bed obviously.

facts about chickens

via wikipedia

8. Great layers

One chicken can  lay more than 300 eggs a year approximately. Largest chicken egg weighed nearly 340 grams. ( 12 ounces )

9. The chicken came before the egg

Finally it is proven that the chicken comes before the egg. Pretty logical, hmm?

facts about chickens

via pixabay.com

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