Chicken anyone

So, everyone knows that we have chickens. We got them as chicks in the spring and they just hang out in the backyard. Well, we decided to build a more permanent structure for them - following are some pics from that adventure and some random and interesting chicken facts . . . .

Fact 1: Chickens are pretty fast. The chicken can travel up to 9 miles per hour when it wants to!

(this is the coup as it was)




Fact 2: The largest ever recorded chicken egg weighed nearly 12 ounces, and measured 12.25 inches around!








Fact 3: There are more chickens on earth than there are humans








The kids wore old work shirts to paint the little chicken barn . . . .







Fact 4: Chickens can cross-breed with turkeys. The result is called a 'turkin'







This is our smartest chicken - every time you open the fence to get the eggs she bolts for the door!







Fact 5: There are four cities in the United States that have the word "chicken" in their name: Chicken, Alaska; Chicken Bristle, Illinois; Chicken Bristle, Kentucky; and Chicken Town, Pennsylvania.






The construction phase








Fact 6: The greatest numbber of yolks found in a single chicken egg is 9







more construction





























Fact 7: Chickens experience REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. (I wonder what they dream about?)






Jacob loves his chickens and is very excited to give them a new home!












Fact 8: The chicken is the closest living relative of the tyrannosaurus-rex






Jacob named the chickens lucky, spots, pyscho, and drumstick














notice the foot . . .























Fact 9: The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt bulb for five hours







Hailey loved the painting

Fact 10: China has the most people in the world, *and* also has the most chickens. There are over 3,000,000,000 chickens in China! (The United States has only 450 million.)

And that is your chicken education for the day :)