Chick Life Cycle by Ethan Honig

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CHICK LIFE CYCLE AUG 2020 • ISSUE 14

What you need to know about a Chick

Fun Facts Did you know that chickens cannot fly very far because of there wings!

HOW A CHICK SURVIVES You will learn how a chick survives

STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE ALL THE STAGES OF A CHICKS LIFE CYCLE

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Stages of the Life Cycle: Egg

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Stages of the Life Cycle: Embryo

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Stages of the Life Cycle: Mini ChickÂ

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Stages of the Life Cycle: Chick

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How a Chick Survives Fun Facts

Stages of the Life Cycle AUG 2020 • ISSUE 14Â

Stage 1: Egg A female hen lays up to 1 or 2 eggs a day. Some eggs are for breakfast, and some are the ones with the chick. The shell of the egg looks USD 5.00 solid like stone. But it actually has a lot of holes to let air in for the chick.

This takes up to 1 day.

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 Stages of the Life Cycle

Stage 2: Embryo The chick is growing.

Now it is called an Embryo. A hen\chicken always lays her eggs in the morning. This takes up to 5 days.

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Stages of the Life Cycle

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Stage 3: Mini Chick An eye starts to appear on the Embryo. Now it's almost a Mini Chick. A chick cracking a egg with it's tooth is called pipping This takes up to 9 days.

Stages of the Life Cycle

Stage 4: Chick The baby is starting to grow up. And it is almost ready to be a chick. It takes 21 days for a chick to hatch.

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What a Chick Eats A chick eats feed.

Feed is a mix of grains. They need feed to survive. A chicken eats grain, insects, and sometimes human food.

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How a Chick Protects it's Offsprings A hen/chicken sits on her eggs for 21 days, to make sure they are warm. But to also make sure they are safe.

How a Chick Protects Itself: Chickens have spurs on their feet, to protect their selves from other animals during a fight.

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November 14th, 2018 Issue #1

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Fun Facts About a Chick 1

Chickens cannot fly very far because of their wings.

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Female chickens lay eggs mostly every day.

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Chicken lay eggs even when they do not mate. These eggs are for eating!

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You can tell a chicken's egg by the color of its earlobes. (Yes chickens have earlobes!)

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Chickens have 24 different sounds. They communicate with those sounds.

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Chickens are addictive to dust baths. This is how they keep their feathers in good shape.

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Chickens are flock animals. They love having company.