A Chicken
A chicken is a kind of domestic bird. Chickens are raised on a farm or at villagers’ homes for their meat and eggs. People around the world keep them as livestock.
Even a chicken has two massive wings but most breeds of chickens can only fly for a short distance. A male chicken is called a rooster.
A female chicken is called a hen. A young chicken is called a chick. Like other female birds, hens lay eggs. The eggs hatch into chicks.
A farmer needs a chicken coop for the chickens to roost in and a yard to exercise.
Vocabulary
🐔 A Chicken
Interactive Reading and Practice
A chicken is a kind of domesticdomestic (adj): belong to home or family bird. Chickens are raisedraise (v): bring up on a farm or at villagers' homes for their meat and eggs.
People around the world keep them as livestocklivestock (n): animals raised on a farm. Even a chicken has two massivemassive (adj): very big wings but most breedsbreed (n): a type of an animal or a plant of chickens can only fly for a short distancedistance (n): length of space between two points.
A male chicken is called a roosterrooster (n): adult male chicken. A female chicken is called a henhen (n): adult female chicken. A young chicken is called a chickchick (n): a baby chicken.
Like other female birds, hens lay eggslay eggs (v): produce eggs. The eggs hatchhatch (v): baby breaking an egg open into chicks. A farmer needs a chicken coopcoop (n): a chicken's house for the chickens to roost in and a yard to exercise.