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The Prairie Chicken
by
Reid
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Physical Features |
| The prairie chicken has yellow legs, brown feathers, bright
yellow and orange throat sack, and brown bill. Prairie
chickens have a cream feathered crest and a short round tail. It can get to 18 inches in
full length. The prairie chicken can weigh up to 2 pounds. It's life span is
up to 2 to 3 years. |
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Habitat
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| Their habitat is in the Midwestern North America
in grasslands, and coastal prairie. |
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Diet
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Prairie chickens eat leaves, seeds, rose hips, and
they really like grasshoppers.
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Life Cycle
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| The life cycle is egg-chick-adult.
The prairie chickens eggs hatch in 25 days and when there born they have a big
throat sack. |
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Interesting Facts
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| Did you know that prairie chickens perform dances when there scared. From a
prairie chicken you can hear a cooing sound a mile away. There life is in the Midwestern
North America, grass lands, coastal prairies. |
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| It's predators are the
Red-tailed hawk, owls, skunks, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and snakes. They hide in
really high grass. |
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