10 Chicken Facts That’ll Amaze You! [Podcast]

This week's podcast is about chicken facts that will amaze you.   I've searched for the most interesting chicken facts I could find that you might not know, and I came up with some really great information that I think you'll love.    If you don't want to listen to the podcast, you should read the transcript below, and be prepared to be blown away. You'll learn: Just how your backyard chicken was linked to dinosaurs What tidbitting is (and why it matters) How chickens can count Why roosters are nice, but not necessary to a flock Why you hear chickens don't have teeth, but that's wrong Links we discuss: Where to grab a free coupon book ($32 value) for Manna Pro Poultry feed   History of the chicken   How the backyard chicken was linked to T. Rex   LIKE THIS PODCAST? HERE'S MORE! Transcript:   Hi there, and welcome to session 27 of What the Cluck?!, a podcast devoted to keeping chickens for fun and self-sufficiency. I’m Maat from FrugalChicken, and in this episode we are going to talk about amazing chicken facts that you didn’t know.   This will be a fun episode, and at the end of it, you’ll be just that much more knowledgeable about chicken flocks. These are the kind of facts that will just leave you scratching your head in wonder.   Just as a reminder, you can get this episodes show notes at TheFrugalChicken.com/Podcast27, that’s podcast with the numbers 2 and 7.   So stay with me!   Your Chicken has taste buds So, our first on our list of amazing chicken facts is that chickens have taste buds. Yep, this is true, and confirmed by the University Of Nebraska, Lincoln.   Now, that’s not to say your chicken has a sophisticated sense of taste, at least as far as human taste goes, since I’ve seen mine dig up a mouse that’s been dead a while and proceed to fight over it like it’s some wonderful treat.   But, still, a chicken can taste.   Now, a chickens only has a few taste buds, about 300 to 500 or so, while people have about 10,000.