Test your chicken know-how with this little game where all the answers are numbers. It's not just for feather-brains, as some answers might call for a little scratching around for answers, but we think you'll hatch a top score in the end.

   1  2  3  4  5    A to Z Chicken Numerology    6   7   8   9   10

Directions:

Below are 26 Chicken Trivia Numbers, between 0 to 20,000.
Using one of the 26 Chicken Trivia Numbers, complete one of the 26 Chicken Numerology Statements (labeled A - Z) below by placing the correct Chicken Trivia Number  on each of the blanks in the 26 Chicken Numerology Statements.

Each number completes only one statement; no answers are used twice.

 

CHICKEN TRIVIA NUMBERS: 
          0   1   2   4   5   6   10   12   13   18   20   21   24   30

    37   67   70   85   95   100   160   241   260   303    5,000    20,000  



Ok. Ready to get started?



CHICKEN NUMEROLOGY STATEMENTS:

A. A hen needs 12 hours of light on her retina for ongoing egg production and it takes her from ____ to 36 hours to lay a new egg.

B. A hen sits on a clutch (nest) of eggs around the clock, except for short food, water and potty breaks, for ____ days in order to hatch the incubating eggs into tiny little chicks.

C. A pullet (young hen) will start laying eggs when she is about ____  months old.

D. A cockerel (young male) becomes a rooster at ____  year(s) old.

E. If a hen lays an average of four eggs per week, she lays ____  eggs in a year.

F. Most chickens have ____ toes, but some breeds have five.

G. An adult chicken needs at least ____  sq. inches to stand erect and flap its wings.

H. Most battery chickens live in a ____  square inch space their whole lives.

I. ____  percent of eggs sold in stores are from battery hens.

J. Chickens can make ____  different vocalizations or sounds.

K. Chickens have been domesticated for at least ____  years.

L. Eggs are ____  percent water.

M. Bantams are smaller “miniature” chickens whose adult weight is only about ____  pounds.

N. Chickens have ____  teeth.

O. To change chicken age to human age, 1 chicken year equals 8 human. A man in China claims his hen is 20 yrs old, making his hen equal to ____  human years.

P.
A hen can lay ____  times her body weight in eggs each year.

Q. While statistics vary, salmonella in eggs is extremely rare.  It occurs only in one out of ______  to 1,000,000 eggs.

R. There are ____ eggs in a baker's dozen.

S. In the summer months, three laying hens will provide approximately ____  eggs per week.

T. Rule of thumb: A family of four should have ____  hens to provide year round eggs for themselves and a few extra to share with neighbors, from time to time.

U. The yolk makes up about ____  percent of the egg's liquid weight and the color depends on the hen's diet. Fresh bugs and grass available to free-range hens make for more colorful yolks.

V. Two eggs provide ____  grams of protein and contains all the essential amino acids needed by the body for optimum growth and maintenance of active tissue.

W. Because feathers are ____  percent protein, chickens need more protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals during moulting (annual feather loss and regeneration process) to shorten the moulting period.

X. As of May 2009, the World Health Organization has recorded ____  confirmed deaths worldwide due to avian (bird) flu, none of which were in the US.

Y. A rooster takes about ____ breaths per minute, compared to a hen's 30-35.

Z. Chicken waste produces three to four times more gas than human waste. The waste produced by just one chicken over its lifetime can supply enough gas to produce electricity to run a ____  watt light bulb for about five hours.

      ©My Chicken Diaries info@mychickendiaries.com

       

 

If you've enjoyed this game,  you'll really like our book of games and puzzles, Chicken Scratches, an Activity Book of Games and Puzzles for Eggheads of All Ages. 

 



All contents of this page and the My Chicken Diaries website are protected by copyright.   They may not be reproduced in full or in part without written consent.  
All rights reserved. 
SLK Unlimited, Inc.,
PO Box 216, Pearland, TX  77588-0216.

    ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*

Have a well-fluffed day!

On his Chicken Yard Tour, Braden learns
how to carefully hold and touch Angel,
a White Japanese Bantam hen.


 

During a little Chicken Yard fun,
Rayven gives a gobble and displays her talents for
 strutting and dancing like Tadoka, 
our Bourbon Red Tom Turkey
.

 

    Hey, speaking of chickens,
Do you know what chickens serve at birthday parties?

Coop-cakes.   ha ha ha



Learning all about chickens,
young McKenna makes quick friends with
Billy, a Pygmy buck and
Hank, a Transylvanian Naked Neck rooster.

Where to chickens grow?


On egg-plants!
...


Some of our hens are a bit unconventional
in their egg laying, literally making gathering
eggs a daily egg hunt,

Click here for more important numbers!