Chickens have many natural enemies including hawks, bobcats, and snakes. Their gizzard helps grind food and roosters make a crowing sound of "Cock-a-doodle-doo". There are many varieties of chickens and hens lay around 300 eggs per year while chicks take 21 days to hatch.

1. Interesting factsChickens enemies are hawks, bobcats, snakes , skunks, owls , raccoons , and foxes.The gizzard is the part that helps the chicken grind it’s food.The father (Rooster) makes a crowing sound that sounds like Cock-a-doodle-doo.There are 175 varieties of chickens.A hen lays a average of 300 eggs per year.A chick takes about 21 days to hatch.