It's early morning on the farm, the rooster is crowing from the fence and there's a basket of warm eggs waiting to be collected from the coop. Our 80 chicken coloring pages capture all of it, and each one is a free printable you can download as a PDF in US Letter or A4.
Toddlers and preschoolers will love the simple pages, like a fluffy chick on tiny feet or a hen sitting on her nest, all drawn with extra-thick outlines that are easy for small hands to follow. Older kids can take their time over busier scenes, from a cutaway coop full of nest boxes to a poultry show at the county fair.
You'll also find some wonderful breeds, including fluffy Silkies, Polish chickens with pom-pom crests, hens with feathery feet and curly-feathered Frizzles. If your child enjoys these, take a look at our Easter coloring pages and Pig coloring pages too.
All of these use cheap, everyday supplies like an empty egg carton, a paper plate and a few brass fasteners. They work well at home and make easy spring activities for the classroom.
Make an egg carton nest
An empty egg carton makes a perfect row of little nests. Color the fluffy chick standing on tiny feet and the chick beside its broken eggshell, then tuck them into the cups.
Little ones can count the chicks back into their nests at the end.
You'll need:
An empty egg carton
Shredded paper or raffia
Colored chick pages
Scissors and glue
How to do it:
Cut the lid off the egg carton.
Fill each cup with a little shredded paper for straw.
Color and cut out several chicks.
Glue a chick into each cup, or leave them loose for counting.
It makes a sweet spring table decoration, too.
Make a hatching egg surprise
Turn the chick hatching out of its egg into a card that opens up. A zigzag eggshell flap hides the chick until someone opens it.
It's a fun one to make for Easter or a spring birthday.
You'll need:
The hatching chick page
Cardstock
A brass fastener
Scissors and glue
How to do it:
Color the chick and glue the page onto cardstock.
Draw a big egg on a second piece of cardstock and cut it in half with a zigzag line.
Lay the egg halves over the chick and push a brass fastener through one side.
Swing the top half open to reveal the chick inside.
Write a little message under the chick before you close it up.
Build a chicken life cycle wheel
Use the pages to show how a chicken grows, from an egg in the nest to a hatching chick, a fluffy chick and finally a grown-up hen. Arranging them on a spinning wheel helps kids remember the order.
It's a handy science activity for a spring classroom.
You'll need:
Two paper plates
Small cut-outs of a nest, hatching chick, fluffy chick and hen
A brass fastener
Scissors and glue
How to do it:
Divide one plate into four sections and glue a picture into each one in order.
Cut a window shaped like a slice of pie out of the second plate.
Join the plates in the middle with the brass fastener.
Spin the top plate to show each stage one at a time.
Older kids can add a sentence about each stage.
Make a rooster sunrise clock
Roosters are famous for crowing at sunrise. Color the rooster crowing on a fence at sunrise and use it as the face of a pretend wake-up clock.
It's a gentle way to talk about morning and night with little ones.
You'll need:
The rooster at sunrise page
A paper plate
Cardstock for the clock hands
A brass fastener
How to do it:
Color the rooster and glue it onto the paper plate.
Write the numbers around the edge like a clock.
Cut two clock hands from cardstock and attach them in the middle with the fastener.
Set the hands to wake-up time and let the rooster crow.
Hang it by the bed as a fun reminder of the morning routine.
Play a feed-the-hens counting game
Color a few of the hens, like the hen pecking at corn and the hen with a worm in her beak. Then give each one a number and let kids feed her the right amount of dried corn.
It's simple, hands-on counting practice.
You'll need:
Three to five colored hen pages
Dried corn kernels or dried pasta
A small bowl
A marker
How to do it:
Write a number from one to ten at the top of each hen page.
Lay the pages out on the table with the bowl of corn in the middle.
Take turns counting out the right number of kernels for each hen.
Check together that every hen got the right amount.
Keep an eye on toddlers so the corn stays on the table and out of mouths.
Baby chicks have a tiny hard tip on their beak called an egg tooth, which they use to crack their way out of the shell. It falls off a few days after they hatch.
There's a whole barnyard to explore beyond the coop. Hop over to our Farm Animals coloring pages for horses, cows, pigs and more.
Words to know about Chickens
People who keep chickens use some fun words, and here are a few to learn as you color.
Comb - the bumpy red crest of skin that grows on top of a chicken's head.
Wattle - the floppy pieces of red skin that hang down under a chicken's beak.
Pullet - a young hen that is not quite old enough to lay eggs yet.
Broody - when a hen wants to sit on her eggs and keep them warm until they hatch.
Clutch - a group of eggs laid in one nest and kept warm together.
Roost - to sit on a perch or branch to sleep, as chickens do at night.
Coop - a small house where chickens sleep, lay eggs and stay safe at night.
Bantam - a small kind of chicken, much smaller than an ordinary farm hen.
Coloring Pages FAQ
How can I stop the page from printing cropped?
Choose the correct paper size (US Letter or A4) and select “Fit to Page” or “Fit to printable area,” then tweak scale/margins if needed.
Can I share the finished results online?
Yes - sharing completed artwork is encouraged, and tagging us is always welcome but not required.
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Do you post new coloring pages and categories over time?
Yes - Crafty Josh is updated with new pages and categories on a regular basis.
Are these printables for personal use only?
Yes - personal and educational use only, with no commercial use, resale, or reuploading.
