From Egg to Hen
Age 4 · Animals
A baby chick grows inside an egg and then breaks out of the shell. The chick grows up into a hen, and the hen lays new eggs.
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- The eggs you eat for breakfast come from hens.
- On a farm, you can see little yellow chicks following their mother hen.
Key takeaways
- A chick hatches from an egg.
- A chick grows into a hen, and the hen lays eggs.
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