THE CHICKEN 8 1 



ever see a chicken scratch for worms or seeds? 

 How did it do the scratching ? Then when it found 

 something good to eat what did it do ? (Picked it up 

 quickly with its bill and swallowed it.) What 

 happens when a hen with her little chickens finds 

 something good? (She calls her little chickens with 

 some quick clucks and lets them have what she has 

 found. When they get over being hungry she feeds 

 herself.) How can she see the little seeds and bugs! 

 (She has bright eyes.) Where are they? Is this 

 well for her? Why? 



We have spoken of the hen's food, but not of her 

 drink. What does she drink? How? (Puts her 

 bill into the water and then raises her head.) Does 

 her bill move when in the water? What is she 

 doing? (Filling it.) Why does she raise it? (To 

 let the water run down her throat.) 



How do you think the rooster that belonged to 

 the band traveled? (Walked.) As we said before, 

 chickens fly but little. On what do they walk? 

 (Their toes.) About what other animal that walks 

 on his toes have we talked? (The shepherd dog.) 

 Does the rooster walk as the shepherd dog does? 

 (No, it walks on the toes of two feet, the dog on the 

 toes of four feet.) On how many toes does the 



