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The Chicks Grow Up
(by Students in Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2)


Barred Plymouth Rock (left) and Brown Leghorn (right)	Brown Leghorn Hen Jacob paid attention to the different feather patterns on the Danish Brown Leghorn. The colours can change depending on the lighting.	Barred Plymouth Rock Hen Maisie got very tired of drawing speckled feathers of this hen. The hen has a much smaller comb (the red part) than the rooster.

Rhode Island Red (left) and Barred Plymouth Rock (right)	Rhode Island Red The bright red of Sarah's Rhode Island Red hen shows that it is very healthy.	Rhode Island Red This Rhode Island Red Hen loves to peck at the dried ear of corn.

Jersey Black Giant	Jersey Black Giant Hen The Jersey Black Giant is a very old breed of chicken. Sean drew the hen smaller than the rooster.	Jersey Black Giant Rooster Sean is showing that the Jersey Black Giant rooster has a longer, fancier tail and comb.

White Leghorn Chicks	White Leghorn Chick The wing and tail feathers are just starting to grow on this chick by Levi. After the fluffy yellow down, white feathers begin to grow.	White Leghorn Chick Jacob made curving toes on the chick. The toes curl to allow the chick or chicken to roost.

Buff Orphington	Maisie drew three of the colours of the four breeds of chicks we hatched. The yellow White Leghorn chick, the brown Rhode Island Red chick, and the striped Brown Leghorn chick.	Can you identify the different breeds of chicks in this picture?

Another picture of all the different breeds of chicks. Notice how sometimes you can only see three of the four toes.	These Kindergartners, Dayna Kyle and Sarah, know that chickens have 3 toes in the front and one in the back. Cody and his Mom told us that roosters (male chickens) have an extra claw that looks like a short toe.

This picture shows how the curved claws help the chicken stand on the stick.	The chicks visit some seniors. They loved our chicks	Look at how big they have grown.