What is chicken?
Chicken is a domesticated version of the jungle jungle, a wild bird from jungle in India and Southeast Asia. Chickens are the most abundant domesticated poultry in the world; The population survey in 2003 estimated that the global chicken population was around 24 billion. People have a long relationship to chicken, use these birds as a source of nutritional eggs and meat, and also use chickens for their feathers and as social animals. It is estimated that the chickens were domesticated by 2,000 BCE and perhaps much earlier, with most evidence suggesting that domesticated chicken was created in India. From India, the chickens got to Europe through Greece and the Romans brought chickens to the conquest of Europe. During the age of the survey, the chickens went to driving a food source to achieve the new world. Male chickens are cocks or cocks; When he neutered, the male chicken becomes a capon. The chickens of both sexes are chickens. Chickens have a social lifestyle, with a single cock overseeing a flock of hens; Hens usually incubate or beat up only their hairThrough eggs and are responsible for the upbringing of their young people. The chickens are also sexually dimorphic, and the cocks are usually larger and more colorful than the hens.
Most domesticated chickens are maintained either for their eggs or for their meat, and sometimes both. Some breeds, such as Giant's jersey, are specifically focused on meat production, with very heavy, fleshy bodies and fast maturation. Others aim to produce large volumes of eggs, as is the case with Araucanas, Rhode Island Reds and Minorcas, among many others. The heritage of chicken breeds from small bantam to the aristocratic leation was historically maintained for eggs and meat and as social animals.
Although many people consider chicken primarily a source of food, in fact some chicken breeds were developed as companions. Many chicken breeds of heritage is ornamental, has very interesting feathers that are designed to hit the eye and chickens thatKé makes very good pets, for people with space to keep them. Although chickens are often considered stupid, some of these birds are actually quite intelligent and some chickens become qualified solvers of problems and well -loved family members.