Agricultural Education Chicken Page
Chicken Facts
- There are 150 types of chickens.
- A chicken takes 1 day to lay an egg.
- Chickens can lay white, brown, blue, green, and pink colored eggs.
- Chickens were domesticated around 8,000 years ago.
- It takes 4 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs.
- Americans consume 8 billion chickens a year.
- Chickens were once a scared animal and symbolized the sun.
- A chicken can live up to 20 years.
Special thanks to Jessica Laird for gathering all of this information
