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The greatest recorded number of yolks in one egg is nine
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Some breeds of chickens can lay coloured eggs – the Ameraucana and the Araucana breeds can lay eggs coloured in shades of green or blue, depending on the breed and it’s ancestry
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The term “Chicken Pox” didn’t come from people believing that they came from chickens, but from an Old English term “gigan pox,” which means the itching pox
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A fear of chickens is called Alektorophobia
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There are more chickens than people in the world
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The chicken is the closest living relative of the Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur
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The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100 watt light bulb for five hours
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
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Chickens and Turkeys are known to cross breed, these breeds are known as “Turkins”
- If a rooster is not present in a flock of hens, a hen will often take the role of ‘top dog,’ stop laying eggs and begin to crow like a rooster
