Chicken Life Stages – The Four Main Cycles in the Life of a Chicken.
Last Updated: March 1, 2023
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There are basically four life stages for a chicken.
1. EGG – Chickens begin as fertilized eggs. Eggs take about 21 days to hatch.
2. CHICK – A chick is a newborn chicken.
3. PULLETS and COCKERELS – A pullet is an immature female chicken. A cockerel is an immature male chicken.
4. HENS and ROOSTERS – A hen is a mature female chicken. A hen is considered mature when she starts to lay eggs (typically 6 to 8 months old). A rooster is a mature male chicken.
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Show Transcript:
1 00:00:00,567 — 00:00:06,467 Hey it’s Bren at Pioneer Mountain Homestead and today we are talking about the life stages of a chicken
2 00:00:06,667 — 00:00:09,866 big surprise they start out as fertilized eggs
3 00:00:10,234 — 00:00:14,367 in about twenty one days they hatch out into these cute little chicks
4 00:00:14,700 — 00:00:16,700 like babies they are cute
5 00:00:17,300 — 00:00:20,167 and full of wonder but that soon changes
6 00:00:20,367 — 00:00:24,034 they become teenagers and just like teenagers
7 00:00:24,067 — 00:00:26,267 they do nothing but eat and produce
8 00:00:26,367 — 00:00:27,100 nothing
9 00:00:28,334 — 00:00:31,900 the female chickens at this stage are known as pullets
10 00:00:32,134 — 00:00:35,200 and the males are known as cockerels
11 00:00:35,600 — 00:00:39,267 in about twenty six weeks the chickens mature
12 00:00:39,600 — 00:00:42,766 and the adult female chicken
13 00:00:42,833 — 00:00:46,567 is a hen and the adult male is a rooster
14 00:00:47,267 — 00:00:48,034 hope you learned
15 00:00:48,034 — 00:00:51,034 something as always make it a great day
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