• Chickens are ominvores, meaning that can eat plants and animals.
  • “Tidbitting” is a dance roosters make.
  • Cubalayas do not have spurs.
  • The Buckeye is the only American Class of chickens created by a woman, Mrs. Nettie Metcalf of Warren, Ohio.
  • The Dominique is recognized as America’s first chicken breed.
  • Chickens with larger wattle and combs are better suited to warmer environments and chickens with smaller wattles and combs are better suited to colder environments for two reasons: smaller wattles and combs are less susceptible to frost bite and larger wattles and combs dissipate heat better than smaller wattles and combs.
  • Chickens can travel up to 9 miles an hour.
  • Broodiness has been bred out of chickens over the years in the interest of egg production. A setting hen stops producing eggs.
  • Wyandottes were named after a tribe of Native Americans in up state New York and Ontario, Canada.
  • May 14th is Dance Like a Chicken Day.
  • In Gainesville, Georgia it is illegal to eat chicken with anything other than your fingers.
  • Silkie chickens have 5 toes.
  • Silkie chickens have Fibromelanosis, which causes their flesh, bones and organs to be black to dark blue in color.
  • Chickens experience REM sleep.
  • There are more chickens in the world than any other type of bird.

Gift Ideas for Poultry Enthusiasts

  • Horizon Acres Non-GMO Hen Scratch
  • Happy Hen Treats
  • Happy Hen Treat Bell
  • Storey’s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds (book)
  • Pocketful of Poultry (book)
  • Egg Scale
  • Egg basket
  • Egg candler
  • Chicken harness & leash
  • Chicken swing
  • Buchheit gift card!

All of these items are available at a Buchheit near you!