Difference between revisions of "Chicken"

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[[Image:Rooster.jpg|thumb|Rooster]]
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A chicken is a [[bird]] that is commonly domesticated for [[food]]. Chickens are one of the few birds that cannot fly. Other notable exceptions include the [[emu]], [[ostrich]], and the [[penguin]]. Chickens, like all birds lay [[egg]]s.  
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|image=Chicken.jpg
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|kingdom=Animalia
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|phylum=Chordata
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|class=Aves
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|order=Galliformes
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|family=Phasianidae
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|genus=Gallus
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|species=G. gallus
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The '''Chicken''' (''Gallus gallus'') is originally native to [[Asia|Southern Asia]], particularly the jungles of [[India]], but rapidly spread all over the world when people domesticated the animal.
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A '''rooster''' is a male [[chicken]]. Roosters received their names due to the tendency of roosters to "roost" over a clutch of eggs.
 
  
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Unlike other creatures, chickens are able to survive for a short time without their heads, and the phrase "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" has entered the vernacular to mean a person who is extremely busy but directionless.
 
  
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Chickens are mentioned in the Bible:
 
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:''O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!'' (Matthew 23:37)
 
  
  
  
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== See also ==
 
  
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*[[Turkey (bird)]]
 
  
  

Revision as of 15:25, July 9, 2007

Chicken
Chicken.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Information
Phylum Chordata
Class Information
Class Aves
Order Information
Order Galliformes
Family Information
Family Phasianidae
Genus Information
Genus Gallus
Species Information
Species G. gallus
Population statistics

The Chicken (Gallus gallus) is originally native to Southern Asia, particularly the jungles of India, but rapidly spread all over the world when people domesticated the animal. Template:Expand

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