White hens will lay white eggs, whereas brown or red hens lay brown eggs. An egg laid by any hen starts out white — just crack a brown egg open, and you'll see that the inner shell is white (if ...

This equates to up to 300 eggs per year. This applies to hens on factory farms, in backyard coops, and anywhere in between. But wild hens, such as the red junglefowl, who have not been bred for ...

Hickey Pickety my red hen, She lays eggs for Farmer Ben, Farmer Ben comes every day, To count how many eggs lie in the hay. She's laid FIVE eggs today! Hickey Pickety my red hen, She lays eggs for ...

When children know the song, use it as a counting game, giving each child the opportunity to make the ‘pops’, and to say how many eggs they have ‘laid’. Story time: The Little Red Hen Once ...