What Is a Chicken?
A chicken is a bird. It has feathers, breathes air and hatches from an egg.
Chickens need food, clean water, a safe coop and room to move.
Chicken
A chicken is a farm bird. It has feathers, a beak, two wings and two legs. A chicken makes a clucking sound.
Fun Facts About Chickens
- A baby chicken is called a chick.
- A group of chickens is called a flock.
- Chickens scratch and peck for food.
- A chicken has feathers to help keep it warm.
Home, Food, and Movement
- Home: a safe chicken coop
- Food: chicken feed, seeds and small insects
- Movement: walks, runs and scratches
- Sound: clucks
Easy Practice Sentences
Easy: I see a chicken.
Medium: The chicken has soft feathers.
Challenge: The chicken pecks at food on the ground.
Say each sentence aloud and point to the picture.
Activity Idea
Make a colourful chicken picture.
- Draw a chicken with a round body.
- Add two wings, two legs and a beak.
- Colour its feathers.
- Tell a grown-up what sound it makes.
This activity helps children draw, speak and learn about chickens.
Chicken Body Parts
- Beak: helps the chicken pick up food
- Feathers: cover the body and keep it warm
- Comb: the red part on top of its head
- Wings: help the chicken flap
- Feet: help it walk and scratch
Look and Think
- What colour is the chicken?
- Can you point to its beak?
- Can you count two wings?
- Can you find its two feet?
Learning Safely Around Chickens
- Stay with a grown-up.
- Be calm and quiet near chickens.
- Never chase a chicken.
- Ask before touching a chicken or an egg.
- Wash your hands after visiting.
Compare and Think
- Chicken and chick: a chicken is grown up. A chick is a baby.
- Chicken and duck: both have feathers. A duck has webbed feet.
- Chicken and cow: a chicken has feathers. A cow has hair.
Chicken Words to Learn
- Chick: a baby chicken
- Hen: a grown-up female chicken
- Rooster: a grown-up male chicken
- Flock: a group of chickens
- Coop: a shelter where chickens can rest safely
- Cluck: a sound a chicken makes
Check understanding
Quick Questions
Say each answer aloud. Then check it with a grown-up.
Q1
What is a baby chicken called?
Answer
A baby chicken is called a chick.
Q2
What covers a chicken’s body?
Answer
Feathers cover its body.
Q3
What is a chicken’s shelter called?
Answer
A chicken’s shelter is called a coop.
Q4
What sound does a chicken make?
Answer
A chicken clucks.