About Chickens and What They Eat
In the Secret Garden live four chickens, named Agnes, Charlene, Dani Junior and Fluffy.
Chickens love having dirt baths. Chickens need to eat leafy vegetables or have access to eating grass every day. They love silver beet, spinach, kale, cabbage leaves, sorrel, and dandelion.
They must have fresh, cool water. Poultry drink 1-2 cups of water daily. Chickens deprived of water will stop laying eggs. Types of feed for chickens are coarse grains, pellets or crumble, mash, food scraps (fresh), insects, and green forage.
Fun facts about chickens:
• Chickens can dream.
• Chickens have great memories.
• Chickens have better vision than humans.
• Chickens have a pecking order.
• Chickens can run up to 14km/h.
• Chickens can memorize over a 100 people’s faces.
• Chickens have strong colour vision.
• They have scales on their legs.
• Chickens have vents to help them poop.
By Bella Vanderwel