Chicken Facts

A chicken's heart beats 300 times a minute (about 4-5 times more than a human).

In the U.S. 46% of all chicken eaten is consumed in restaurants.

Arkansas produced over 1.1 billion broilers in 2006 which averages about 422 broilers for each Arkansan.

The record for multiple egg yolks in one egg is nine.

The average hen lays 300 eggs a year.

On average, a hen lays 300 eggs per year.

Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg.

A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell.

To produce a dozen eggs, a hen has to eat about four pounds of feed.

The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell.

A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.

A chicken is 75% water.

In the U.S., approximately 46% of the chicken that is eaten by people comes from restaurants or other food outlets.

Hens will produce larger eggs as they grow older.

A chicken loses its feathers when it becomes stressed.