The
chickens nest in clumps of dried grass. The
male chickens called, hen removes. A
chicken lays about one egg per day. It
takes the egg about twenty – five days to hatch.
A baby chicken is called a chick. The
mother hen pulls out her wing the chick goes under the wing.
About 50% of prairie chickens predators spoil nests.
Some egg predators are raccoons, skunks, snakes, coyotes, foxes, and
particularly opossums. Fifty percent of chicks that remain will die.
The lengths of the prairie chickens are about fourteen inches. Long.
There sexes relate. The
Prairie Chicken is medium-sized, chunky, circular wings.
They are chicken-like bird.
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