Chickens and Chicks Coloring Pages
Hens sitting on nests, chicks pecking their way out of eggs, and a few silly chickens just for fun. There are simple pages for little ones and more detailed ones for older kids and adults. Chickens come in white, black, red-brown, gold and all kinds of speckles, so pick any colors you like.
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Chicken and Hen Coloring Pages
A hen is a grown-up female chicken. The Rhode Island Red is one of the best-known breeds, a red-brown farm hen famous for laying brown eggs. When a hen wants to hatch chicks, she settles onto her nest and keeps her eggs warm for about three weeks.
Chicks and Eggs
About 21 days after a hen starts sitting on her eggs, the chicks hatch. Each chick has a tiny bump on its beak called an egg tooth that it uses to crack through the shell. The egg tooth falls off a few days later, once the job is done.
Story and Fun Chickens
The Little Red Hen
In this old folk tale, the Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat. She asks the other farm animals who will help her plant it, cut it, grind it and bake it into bread, and every time they say "not I." When the bread is ready, suddenly everyone wants some, but the hen and her chicks eat it themselves.
More Fun Chickens
Roosters
A rooster is a grown-up male chicken. He's the one with the tall comb, the long curved tail feathers and the loud "cock-a-doodle-doo."
Chicken Facts
- More Chickens Than People: There are more chickens on Earth than any other bird, over 25 billion of them. That's about three chickens for every person.
- Lots to Say: Chickens make around 24 to 30 different sounds. They have one call for "I found food," and different alarm calls for danger in the air and danger on the ground.
- Super Vision: Chickens see more colors than we do, including ultraviolet light. Each eye can also focus on something different at the same time.
- Talking Through the Shell: A mother hen clucks to her eggs while she sits on them, and the chicks inside peep back before they hatch. She also turns her eggs many times a day to keep them healthy.
- Fast on Their Feet: Chickens can't fly far, but they can run up to about 9 miles (14 km) per hour to get away from danger.