Minimalist hen on a straw nest with an egg, barn boards, silo, fence, and trees in the background

Hen Nesting Beside the Silo

A calm hen sits in a round straw nest beside one egg, with barn boards, a tall silo, fence rails, and trees behind her.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Chicken collection, made for ages 5–7 and drawn in a Minimalist style.

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🎨 How to color it

Color the hen creamy white with a red comb, the straw nest golden yellow, the egg pale blue, and the silo soft silver gray. The nest has many curved straw lines, so use a sharp crayon or colored pencil and follow each arc slowly from the outside toward the egg. Try making the barn boards warm brown and the distant trees cool green so the hen feels cozy in the middle.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 50 zones and 8 colors, sized for kids. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Luma Waits for Gold — Beside the tall grain silo, Luma set herself a small challenge: she would sit still until the sun made one golden stripe across the round wall. Read the full story →

Beside the tall grain silo, Luma set herself a small challenge: she would sit still until the sun made one golden stripe across the round wall. The morning smelled like dry hay and warm wood. A fence creaked, a leaf turned over, and the straw under her feathers made tiny shhh-shhh sounds. Luma did not scratch, did not peck, did not even fuss with the crooked piece of straw near her toe.

At last, the stripe slid down the silo like honey. “There you are,” Luma whispered. Then a softer sound answered from beneath her: tik... tik... tik. Not a clock. Not a beetle. The little egg was tapping along with the sun. Luma tucked her wings closer, and the whole yard seemed to listen. If you peek at her nest, can you find the patient egg keeping Luma’s golden minute?