Chicken & Eggs Badge

🐔 Chicken & Eggs Badge – Badge Worthy Learning

Explore farm life, biology, and responsibility—all from your homeschool!

This adorable iron-on Chicken & Eggs Badge is awarded for completing a unit study on chickens, farming, or egg science. Whether you’re raising real backyard hens or just curious about where breakfast comes from, this badge is a symbol of discovery and hands-on learning.

Perfect for backpacks, denim jackets, homeschool banners, or display quilts—this badge turns farm-based curiosity into Badge Worthy Learning.

🥚 How to Earn the Chicken & Eggs Badge

🐣 Activity Ideas:

• Visit a local farm or watch a virtual chicken coop tour
• Incubate eggs or watch a live chick hatching cam
• Draw the life cycle of a chicken
• Learn the parts of an egg and label them
• Collect eggs from a backyard coop or farm stand
• Compare different kinds of eggs (chicken, quail, duck)
• Try recipes using eggs: scramble, bake, or boil!
• Build a simple cardboard chicken coop model

📚 Curriculum Connections & Unit Studies

👩🏫 Full Unit Studies

• 🐓 The Heritage Schoolhouse - Chickens Unit Study
  Through an engaging and interactive story, they will be introduced to their very own flock of chickens, transforming them into aspiring homesteaders!
• 🌱 Campfire Curriculums – Farming + Homesteading (for Families)
  Family-style unit that touches on farm animals, eggs, chores, and real-world sustainability.
• 🧺 Homeschool Share - From Egg to Chicken Lapbook (Free!)
  Includes booklets, mini activities, and diagrams perfect for grades K–4.

🎲 Games, Books, & Interactive Learning

• 📖 “A Chicken Followed Me Home!” by Robin Page
  A beautiful picture book answering kid-friendly chicken questions.
• 🧠 Quizlet: Chicken Life Cycle Flashcards
  Simple, visual flashcards for younger learners.
• 🎲 Farm Bingo Game
  Great for the whole family to get on the farm fun.
• 🧪 Egg Experiments for Kids
  Think “bouncy egg,” egg in a bottle, and dissolving shell experiments!

✏️ Creative Extensions

• Write a story from the POV of a hen laying her eggs
• Create a "Chicken Care Checklist" for imaginary or real chickens
• Make a clay or paper mâché model of an egg and label its parts
• Try egg math! Count, sort, weigh, or graph different egg colors or sizes
• Build a diorama of a chicken coop scene

🎒 Display Your Achievement

Once your homeschooler has cracked the code on chickens, display the badge with pride:

• On a denim jacket
• On a backpack or tote
• On a felt badge banner (perfect for your homeschool space!)
• As part of a farm-themed memory quilt

✨ About Badge Worthy Learning

We turn everyday lessons into memorable milestones. Whether you're exploring the backyard, kitchen, or library, your learners deserve to celebrate progress—and our badges help them wear their learning with pride.