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What is it called when chickens give birth?
This is called "laying an egg". Chickens, like all birds, are oviparous - they lay eggs that later hatch.
Chicken laying mammal?
There is no mammal that lays chickens. Even chickens do not lay chickens: they lay eggs. there are two types of egg-laying mammals (not chicken-laying), and they are the platypus and the echidna.
What is happening inside a chickens body when there are laying a egg?
They are having contractions to push the egg out.
What purpose do wyandotte chickens serve?
They serve as both egg-laying and meat chickens pretty well.
Why does your ameraucana SWEAT while laying her egg?
Chickens cannot sweat. That is why they pant.
Is Pewter light or heavy?
as heavy as a chickens toe when the chicken is laying an egg
What could affect the quantity and quality of egg laying?
The type of feed given to chickens is the greatest factor that influences quantity and quality of egg-laying. Certain feeds promote egg-growth for a few years, but as chickens have a limited egg-laying life, these feeds seem to lead to excellent quality and quantity initially, which soon runs out.
What is it called when a chicken giving birth?
Chickens do not give birth to live chicks; they lay eggs that then, if fertilized, hatch 21 days after laying.
How many eggs do battery hens lay per day?
The commercial breed of white egg laying chickens are called White Leghorns. These chickens can lay almost an egg a day for an entire year (I believe the record is 364 eggs in a year). Occasionally a hen will lay 2 eggs in a day, but will compensate by not laying an egg the next day.
Can a chicken be used for laying eggs and for meat?
Most chickens are used for both egg laying and meat. A chicken lays the most year in her first year of egg laying. After two years, she is finished with her job of egg laying and is sent to the grocery store for someone to eat.
What term is used for egg laying creatures?
Egg laying mammals are called monotremes.
What are chickens if not mammals?
Chickens are bipedal vertebrates. They are covered in feathers. They are also warm blooded, egg laying animals with wings. These criteria show that chickens are birds, not mammals.
