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About Chickens.

Some less known facts about chickens:

1. A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
2. The largest chicken egg on record was nearly 12 oz, measuring 12 1/4" around.
3. The record for laying the most eggs: seven in one day.
4. There are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird. More than one chicken for every human on the face of this earth.
5. Did you know that some breeds of chickens can lay colored eggs in shades of green or blue depending on the breed and it's ancestry.
6. The term "Chicken Pox" came from the old English term "gican pox" - which means the itching pox.

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