Experiment:
Chicken Hatching

Background Information

Some facts about chickens
A chicken is a bird. One of the features that differentiate it from most other birds is
that it has a comb and two wattles. The comb is the red appendage atop the head, and the
wattles are the two appendages under the chin. These are secondary sexual characteristics
and are much more prominent in the male. The comb is the basis of the Latin name or
classification of chickens. In Latin, gallus means comb, and the domestic chicken is Gallus
domesticus. The Red Jungle Fowl, ancestor of most domestic chickens, is Gallus bankiva.
There are eight recognized kinds of combs: single, rose, pea, cushion, buttercup,
strawberry, V-shaped, and silkie.
The chicken has two legs and two wings, a fact that influences housing and
management. Heavy breeds used for meat production cannot do more than flap their
wings and jump to a little higher level or move more rapidly along the ground. he......

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