The kids’ corner
Find out how an egg becomes a chick, what it needs to grow, and become a little farmer. No account needed, it’s just for fun.
1. From egg to chick in 21 days
Tap the days to see what happens inside the egg.
Day 1
The egg is kept warm
In the hatchery, the egg is placed in a big machine, the incubator, which keeps it nice and warm, just like under a mother hen. It is gently turned several times a day.
2. What does a chick need?
The chicks have just arrived. Choose what they need… and avoid what they don’t!
3. True or false?
Answer the 8 questions and win stars.
- 1. A chick comes out of the egg after 21 days.
- 2. The hen gives milk to her chicks.
- 3. A chick that is cold huddles up against the others in a ball.
- 4. Chicks drink almost twice as much as they eat.
- 5. You can wear dirty shoes in the chicken coop.
- 6. A hen lays an egg almost every day when she is grown up.
- 7. The chick is born with its big chicken feathers.
- 8. The NEXTEKCI hatchery is in Agnibilékrou.
Well done, little farmer!
Play the activities to win up to 5 stars. And here is a chick to colour in: print it out!