Have you ever seen a chicken laying egg? Well, this video clips shows a chicken laying an egg very clearly.
Click here to watch the video

Chickens by Oklahoma State University Board of Regents
Different breeds and description of each breed. Very good site.

Pure Breeds of Traditional Utility Poultry
Different breeds and short description of each breed.

Prairie Chickens and the Prairie in Illinois
Take a look at this very interesting classroom project by 3rd and 4th Grade Classrooms

IACUC Learning Module - Poultry
POULTRY (Chickens and Turkeys) "Take-Home" module

Broiler Chickens
Information Sheet

How do Chickens Balance?
An interesting question and answers given.

How to Have Eggsceptional Laying Hens
Answers to all your questions.

Chickscope Embryology: The 21-day Chick Lifecycle
Illustrated stages of the egg from embryo to chick. Very good site.

4-H Embryology
Photos of a chick hatching. Very good site. Must see. Watch video clips. Very good site.

Museum of Science and Industry : Chick Hatchery
Watch a video clip of a chick hatching. Good. Very good site.

Chickscope EggMath: The Shape of an Egg
Learn about the oval shape in detail

Sci4Kids - Going Coo Coo for Chicken
Interesting facts about chicken feathers what they can be used for.

The Coop : The online poulty community
Talk with others

Raising Chickens is Easy with a Henspa or Henhaven
The Henspa is a complete chicken coop system designed to eliminate mess, make feeding and watering a snap and provide you with up to 10 eggs a day from up to 10 hens

WORKSHEETS AND COLORING ACTIVITIES

Going coo coo for Chicken
Questionaires - worksheets and what chicken by-products can be used for. Pdf format available there too.

FOR TEACHERS

All About Chickens
Facts, ideas, printables and more. Good site.

Embroyology in the classroom
Teachers' Resources. Good site.

Egg & Chick Theme Page
Activities, ideas, links and printables.

From Egg to Chick
Raising chicks and activities for the classroom with eggs

From Egg to Chicken
This is a cross curricular thematic unit on chick embryology and egg production. It will take the students through the lifecycle of a chicken and more.

The Topic: Eggs
Everything about eggs. Links to Lesson Plans and more.

The Little Red Hen Crafts and Lesson Plan Printable Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten
Good site.

CLIPARTS AND GRPAHICS

Free Stuff Animations
Chicken animations
Chickens - Hen standing - Free Bird Clipart
Hen on nest clipart
Hen on nest clipart

ACTIVITIES AND GAMES

John's Chicken Activities
Ideas for games and more from a Master Teacher in pdf format.

Egg Fun
Recommended Age Groups: early or later Elementary

SONGS, POEMS

Chicken Dance Song
Original lyrics. Sing along with the music format.

Chicken
Lyrics to kids songs format.

Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen
Rhebus Rhyme

Eggs
Songs, Rhymes, Stories, Activities, Crafts - eggs.

CRAFTS

Eggshell Mosaic. Age : 5 +
Hatch a chick
String eggs. Age 5+
Claypot chick. Age 3-5

STORIES

The Adventures of Ready Rooster
Story coloring book about safety on the farm. Very nice.
The Further Adventures of Ready Rooster
Story coloring book about safety on the farm. Very nice.

BOOKS

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