• Question: How long is a chicken pregnant for?

    Asked by Soha? to Greg, Jen, Laura, Mobeen, Paul on 9 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Greg Melia

      Greg Melia answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Chickens don’t really get pregnant, they lay eggs instead! Once an egg has been laid, it generally takes about 3 weeks to hatch.

    • Photo: Paul O'Mahoney

      Paul O'Mahoney answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      To expand on Gregs answer, it takes around 25 hours for a chicken to produce an egg.

    • Photo: Jen Lowe

      Jen Lowe answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Well, chickens lay eggs, which need to be incubated for 21 days before they hatch (I googled ‘chicken incubation period’). Quite different to a 9 month human pregnancy.

    • Photo: Laura Haworth

      Laura Haworth answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Haha I am learning so much myself by being involved in this!

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