Chickens? (1 Viewer)

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Feb 4, 2003

• #1

Do we count the many variations of Chickens when out doing our lists? God, there's a whole lotta chicken species out there man!

The real reason for this thread is this . . .

Watching telly and seeing a chicken made me think. Where did they come from in the first place, how come there are no wild chickens yet we eat millions of them? Why are they all on farms? What was the bloke like when he found the first chicken?

 

Richard Ford

BF Member

• Feb 4, 2003

• #2

There are a few different species of Jungle fowl, which I believe all chickens originate from.
I think the common ancestor is the red Jungle fowl.
They are I think from the far east not exactly sure where, could be wrong.

Rich

 

Richard Ford

BF Member

• Feb 4, 2003

• #3

http://www.lifetimefitness.com/magazine/index.cfm?web_action=article_detail&article_id=105

Snipped from here, after a quick search:

All chickens are descended from Gallus Domesticus, whose ancestors were wild jungle fowl. The first known domestication of chickens took place in India and China, roughly four thousand years ago. By a.d. 200 the Romans and Celts were breeding chickens specifically for large breast size. Not much has changed since.


And this has more info too:

http://www.xmission.com/~hoglezoo/birds/jungfowl.htm

 

Camberley red

Well-known member

• Feb 4, 2003

• #4

SE Asia is the home of the Jungle Fowl, when you see one, you'll see the resemblance to our familier farmyard cockrel!

Paul

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Feb 4, 2003

• #5

Thanks for the info, amazed to see there are wild chickens around the world, would you tick it if you saw Gallus Gallus? I reckon I would cos it's wild and it looks great.

 

birdman

Орнитол&

• Feb 4, 2003

• #6

Which reminds me...

I saw a couple of Guinea Fowl on the way to Clumber the other day.

Can I tick them???

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Feb 4, 2003

• #7

Yeah, cos they're so ugly no one would want to keep them in captivity therefore they must be wild!!!!!