What Can Provide Food Before It Is Alive, While It Is Alive and After It’s Dead? is a farmyard riddle with three clever clues. Guess, then tap Show Answer.
Riddle: What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive and after it’s dead?
Answer: Chicken
Need a hint?
Think about breakfast. It might be fried, boiled or scrambled.
Answer and explanation (spoiler!)
The answer is a chicken.
Before a chick hatches, it’s an egg, which we can eat. While a hen is alive, she lays eggs for us. And after a chicken has died, its meat is used for food.
Each clue matches a different stage of a chicken’s life, which is what makes the answer fit so neatly.
Difficulty: Medium · Best for: ages 8 and up
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FAQ
Are there other answers?
A duck also fits, because ducks lay eggs too. Chicken is the classic answer.
Is this riddle suitable for young kids?
It works for most ages. Very young children may need the egg clue explained.