This comprehensive resource features everything you want to know about chickens. Students and teachers will "cluck" when they explore this site.

A virtual chicken-hatch project takes students into the world of egg incubation and embryonic development.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Kit who got a baby chick and watched it grow up and hatch chicks of its own. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.

Photograph of mother chicken with baby chicks under wings.

Photograph of chickens eating spaghetti.

Photograph of mother chicken and five baby chicks.

Photograph of chicken and chick.

Find answers to all kinds of questions about how chickens are raised on the poultry farms of Virginia. Meet a poultry farmer, learn about the commercial poultry industry, watch a chick hatch, and learn how to judge quality eggs and...

Read a traditional retelling of the fable "The Milkmaid and Her Pail" to see how the milkmaid learned not to count her chickens before they hatch. Then, read the same tale in a modern-day setting for a different perspective.

This lesson is intended to help students realize that they can learn much about eggs/chicks or any animal through careful observation. They will become familiar with the importance and proper care of eggs/chicks, whether on a farm or in...

Journey with the chicken egg, from formation to hatching, and learn about its embryology.