Where do chickens come from? | Surprising Science

Chickens come in all shapes and sizes, with numerous fancy-feathered birds being bred around the world. But where did the modern-day chicken originally come from?

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[HisameArtwork]

thank you! been telling ppl for so long, nobody believed me until I gave them the wiki page. your chistmas chicken is asian XD
fun fact english ppl used to eat geese for christmas, and in America they switched to turkey, but solders in Japan didn't have turkey so they switched to chiken, and that's why japanese eat now KFC on chritsmas. full circle that story.

side note, chiken is easier to digest than goose, as a big duck and goose fan I've had to switch to chiken for health reasons, also had to go easy on pork, but we eat pork here for christmas (probably pre judeo-christian tradition). so I stocked up on colebil, triferment and metroclopramid for these holydays. ;) and yes our life expectancy is only slightly higher than americans' because we do put some vegetables in our mayo salad (google: salata de beouf).

happy holydays everyone!

[GsGeorg]

"domesticated for cockfighting..." ?
The bologna detector is redlining...

[huangec]

We have red jungle fowls here in Singapore. You can see lots of them in our Botanic Gardens, and they can even fly, albeit not for long distances.

[samelguilherme]

Is that right that a combination of NE India and SE Asia wild birds?

[mohitgujar]

This is half truth. Middle east had no jungles for the Chicken to originate. Actually it was India from where the Chicken had its origins. It was in the jungles of India where the wild chicken were found and later merchants /traders from Middle east carried it to the WEST. Later it was raised commercially for meat in Western countries. Like multiple incidences of wisdom & Knowledge like number system, astrology etc. chicken was also handed down by India. Thanks.

[elrifle]

How does he know they were bred for cock fighting? Chickens were domesticated in prehistoric times.. it’s not like there’s documentation showing they were bred for cock fighting

[clobbyhops]

Such a delicious gift from the creator and mother natures seasoning 😋

[paulrussell]

I recently tasted chicken for the first time, and it tastes like..erm... a generic meat that I would use to compare a lot of other meats and food types to. That was my first thought.

[Grace-vhft]

Who made chicken breeds please, need your help

[aminemziguir]

Useless video… still don’t know where they “come” from…

[SABONG]

As an ASEAN 🇵🇭( PURE BLOOD/PILIPINO VISAYAN) from NEGROS ISLAND 🏝️ PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭😜

and we had SABONG ( COCKFIGHTING) SINCE ancient time 🤭🤭🤭 until YES IS COME from Philippines 🇵🇭

[mello]

This conversation is mixed up. Some are talking about Show or fighting chickens and some are talking about chickens you are eating. they both was not on the ARC. Chickens are genetically GMO made by man. The very first chicken in existence would have been the result of a genetic mutation (or mutations) taking place in a zygote produced by two almost-chickens (or proto-chickens). This means two proto-chickens mated, combining their DNA together to form the very first cell of the very first chicken. There is nothing natural about chicken

[RonieNerbes-mtko]

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March 24, 2024