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Chickens

Chickens
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   9.17

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    entertainment, present-day, commonly, entire, billion, daybreak, pecking, equally, hesitate, indeed, male, secondary, divide, among, western, religious
     content words:    Persian Empire

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Other Languages
     French: Les Volailles
     Spanish: Pollos
     Italian: I POLLI
     German: Hühner

Chickens   
1     Chickens are the world's most populous birds. With a population of over 8 billion, there are more chickens than humans on Earth! Indeed, if we were to divide the entire chicken population equally among humans, each human being would get about 1.25 chickens.
 
2     Chickens live in family groups, with a male chicken (called a rooster or a cock) guarding several female chickens (called hens) and their young (called chicks) protectively. If the rooster feels challenged by another rooster, he will not hesitate to fight! Aside from keeping a firm grasp over his flock of hens and chicks, the rooster is also in charge of looking out for predators such as foxes and snakes.
 
3     Chickens are active during the day. At the daybreak, the rooster clears his throat and gives out loud calls announcing the time. Then, he and his family members start pecking the ground to search for food. Chickens feed on many things, including grains, seeds, fruits, worms, insects, and kitchen scraps.

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