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
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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.
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