Talk:Chicken

Split proposal

I have placed a split tag on the "Issues with poultry farming" section. My reasons are:

1. It takes up too much of the article
2. A section on poultry farming is more important and the issues should a section of that. (FYI, the section on Chicken#Poultry_farming has no citations.)
3. It is a notable global issue of interest to many people.

I had split it out to its own article but it was reverted. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 21:07, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

I have reverted the removal of the split tag. It is bad form to remove a split proposal without discussion. The reason given in the edit summary was "splitting off this material into a fork is expressly against Wikipedia's rules". This is incorrect since it is not a fork. It is an article spinout with a summary to be left behind. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 20:34, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

The question is, why are people looking up chicken in Wikipedia? I say it it because the want to know what they are putting in their and their children's bellies. So they expect to find the information here. Furthermore, we already have an article on Poultry farming, so any overload of detail can be placed there. WP:FORK is very much in effect here; "issues with" or "controversy " articles are the classic form these forks take. Finally, Chicken was viewed 123,582 times in August, but Poultry farming was only viewed 7081 times. This means that if something is a "notable global issue of interest to many people" then it should be in the Chicken article, where it will be actually read. Abductive (reasoning) 21:11, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Replies:

• You are making an assumption about why people visit the chicken article. There are any number of reasons to visit the page and since it has many related topics we have to make it easy for a reader to navigate to the one that they want. One of the ways of doing this is to use summary style and place the bulk of its information in its own page.
• Note that the poultry farming article was not linked from this article until one of my very recent edits. Before I came along there was a "Chickens in agriculture" section that was all about the US with no link to poultry farming. As the article now stand there is STILL no information about poultry farming in general, and a big section about "Issues with poultry farming".
• There are numerous issues and controversies and criticisms articles that are happily exist in in WP with no accusations of being content forks
• Since it is a "notable global issue of interest to many people" it deserves its own article linked from chicken with a summary style.

Have a read of WP:CFORK, WP:SS. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 21:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

It seems really odd to me that this material is not in the poultry farming article. With an April expansion to include material on alternatives to factory farming, the many criticisms leveled against poultry farming would be better placed in that article, consistent with Wikipedia's summary style.--chaser (away) - talk 02:40, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Forking out criticism is forking. Could this attempted fork be perceived as related to the huge lawsuit coming down the pipes? Abductive (reasoning) 03:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Please don't make assumptions about how I edit. It is, arhhh, bad reasoning... So can you explain how lil' ol' me in lil' ol' New Zealand who moved some text to its own article has on how some US states are "considering" legal action. It is an extremely tenuous connection and it beggars belief that you could ever make that claim. Please read and make an attempt at understanding WP:CFORK. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 03:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Perceptions count. Abductive (reasoning) 22:08, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, the stuff should have been in the poultry farming article. The chicken article should have a passing mention of the issues however. Because of the strong interest the topic will only grow so I feel it should have its own article now. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 03:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I disagree. The chicken article should far more than a "passing mention" of a topic with "strong interest" (your words). The poultry farming article is this place for the minutiae of poultry rearing, including criticism thereof. There should not be a third article for the negative aspects of chicken production; this would be a fork for all the worst reasons. Abductive (reasoning) 22:08, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I came to this page interested in the wild relative from which the domestic chicken was bred from. This article answered my question to my satisfaction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.124.194.45 (talk) 10:07, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

I have just added a sentence in the 'General biology and habitat' to balance the description of the different ways of what happens to commercial hens when egg production begines to decline. This paragraph now looks nothing like General biology. I suggest this para needs a good clean up which I am willing to do. Any thoughts? DrChrissy (talk) 14:00, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Chickens as pets

Anyone think Chickens as pets should have its own article? Portillo (talk) 05:18, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not automatically against it; it would be interesting to see if enough WP:RS information can be found to support a stand alone article. --Nsaum75 (talk) 05:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

The Chicken coop article has some information on keeping chickens at home, which in theory could be merged with a Chickens as pets article. Thanks for your response. Portillo (talk) 06:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, go for it. Presumably the article is to cover chickens kept for for household egg production. The whole aricle needs to be cleaned up. I tried splitting out part it (see above). There needs to be a "Chicken in cuture" section as well as other changes. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 21:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

yeah-do it!Roxy:Pkid (talk) 23:31, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Agree - this could be a good article. There has been a lot of stuff in the news lately about this - Vancouver, BC and some other cities are looking at ordinances to allow chickens as pets.Bob98133 (talk) 13:12, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I, to agree. I encourage anybody to raise chickens,and I myself have six.Rachel Sun, June 23,2010,5:10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Sun (talk • contribs) 00:10, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I disagree. I just got a chicken (story for off wiki) and It's good to have one article about it so that you don't need to look around the WHOLE site. It's a huge world. It's a huge site. Ian (talk) 01:23, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Chicken fodder

Perhaps a section "chicken fodder" can be added ? Chickens can eg be fed with grass, as mentioned at fodder KVDP (talk) 10:48, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Chicken genetics?

The main page of this article suggests that cross-breeding the Red Junglefowl with the ordinary chicken results in a sterile hybrid.

But it isn't clear to me why the hybrid is sterile.

This could be explained here, or in an article dedicated to chicken genetics. Even a generality would be better than nothing at all. After all, if cows can be cross-bred with buffalos, yielding beefalo, why can't chickens be cross-bred with other, similar, near-chicken species? Dexter Nextnumber (talk) 03:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I am actually working on an article about chicken genetics in my Sandbox, though it's on hold until this summer when I can finish it properly. There's lots more to add. This information about the breeding of RJF and chickens is incorrect, red jungle fowl and chickens are the the same species (Gallus gallus), and can 100% of the time produce fertile offspring. There is significant SNP variance between domestic chickens and red jungle fowl, but that's what happens with thousands of years of artificial selection for traits useful to humans. Even grey jungle fowl have been reported to hybridize with domestics and sometimes produce fertile offspring. I'll fix it up.Earthdirt (talk) 01:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

How can you say 100% of the time? There is no species that can produce fertile offspring 100% off the time, though some species get close to that (those mostly are micro-organisms and plants). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.224.238.214 (talk) 16:54, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that's quite what Earthdirt meant. If I understand it correctly, they're not saying that chickens (or anything) can be fertile all the time – in other words that every single egg hatches, but that any Red Jungle Fowl crossed with any domestic chicken will produce fertile eggs, in other words every pairing between the two will be fertile.

Actually, I'm not sure that interfertility is too good a guide to speciation in birds. The barrier between bird species is often not mainly physiological but behavioural, and very many closely related bird species are physiologically interfertile. For example most finch species can interbreed freely, most ducks, many geese, many gulls and most falcons. These hybrids occur freely in captivity, but hybrid birds are very rare under natural conditions. Not so sure about chickens and other pheasants, but the lack of physiological barriers is illustrated by hybrids of chickens and turkeys. This cross can produce living embryos which I believe can sometimes survive until hatching – and they're not always even considered to be in the same family! Richard New Forest (talk) 18:50, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect geographic reference

In the section "Breeding" there is reference to "the Tarim Basin of Central Asia - modern day Iran".

The Tarim Basin is not in modern day Iran and is quite far from Iran. It is in Central Asia, but it is north and west of Tibet in what China calls its Xinjiang Province, and what historically is in fact the Central Asian area known as Eastern Turkestan.

Please edit, since this page is closed to my account for editing.

Rthwait (talk) 23:33, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Corrected per our article on Tarim Basin Trugster | Talk | Contributions 20:15, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

chickens

I have four hens, and can take pictures of them doing things if necessary for the article. UNIT A4B1 (talk) 17:14, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Like alpha (the black chicken) pecking the lowest rank (my favorite one, the yellow chicken) or dust baths or eating food or fluffing their feathers or maybe brooding or "flying" or pecking at the ground or wiping their beaks on the ground after eating soft/squishy food. They're quite intelligent really. The chickens, that it. UNIT A4B1 (talk) 17:48, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

That was weirdly phraised. UNIT A4B1 (talk) 04:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

That was not, really —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachel Sun (talk • contribs) 00:06, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Rat Attack

In the Nova show "Rat Attack", it says that the bamboo fruits from the mass flowerings could have led to the domestication of the chicken. Could someone watch the show and incorporate? UNIT A4B1 (talk) 03:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Problem with age of commercial vs. "free range organic" chicken

"In commercial intensive farming, a meat chicken generally lives only six weeks before slaughter.[13] A free range or organic meat chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks. "

The most popular "meat chickens" are the Cornish Cross, typically raised from 6 to 8 weeks whether in a commercial poultry house, in a commercial poultry house falling under the USDA definition of "free range" (meaning the chicken is fed organic feed and has "access to the outdoors" accord to USDA Organic Standards) or on a farm (typically a small farm that direct-markets them) that raises chickens on pasture.

Other breeds of chicken are generally slaughtered at an older age because they take longer to develop meat. So, the age of slaughter is dependent on the breed, not the farming method. Most free range, organic and pasture raised meat chicken is Cornish Cross because it is cost prohibitive to raise other breeds of chickens if you're running a business. However some small farms do raise 'heritage' breeds, standard breeds or non-Cornish Cross hybrids.

I know this from my experience in raising chickens and as a small farmer, so I need to collect sources. The literature on this, however, is all over the place, typically from misconceptions published in homesteading magazines and in articles by new/hobby farmers.

Addition: The egg laying period is also breed dependent. Most chickens are closer to two or two and a half years of high yield laying. The article sourced for the usage and lifespans is politically motivated and focused on the very specific industry in the US, while the data pulled from it are restated as a matter of fact for chickens as a species. A less biased source with more general information should be used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.24.9 (talk) 14:54, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

The age of slaughter differs on how they are bred. The so-called breeds are just made by picking the fastest breeding ones and let them reproduce. In that way, the slaughter age is dependent on the slaughter method, as they would not need to create such a fast-living chicken breeds which collapse (both feet and heart) under its own weight and are made to have no life. They just have to be slaughtered or they die by themselves. That is no life. Let them die and don't let them breed. Put them out of their misery as a species in total and let the bio-industry go down, so normal chickens can be used in a normal way. For that to happen, people first need to realize that you don't need meat every day. 2 times a week or no meat while eating other stuff with a lot of iron and B12 and you should be fine. Sorry for wandering off after the slaughter-age dependency :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.224.238.214 (talk) 17:07, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Information

Useless article doesn't even answer these questions - how big is a typical chicken, and what its mass?

Useless, unsigned comment of no relevance. If it is important to you to include this information, find references for it and edit the article. Bob98133 (talk) 14:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

i recomend to have one more section taking about broodies and layer hens and their differences —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.97.155.55 (talk) 17:36, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Fowl

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) states that chicken is

• 1.a The young of the domestic fowl; its flesh.

It states as its fourth definition:

• 1.d. A domestic fowl of any age.

First point it is the young of "the domestic fowl" not "a domestic fowl" "the" implies only one species of domesticated fowl while "a" as used in this article implies more than one.

Under "Fowl" the first meaning given is

• 1 Any feathered vertebrate animal; = BIRD n. 2 (q.v. with note attached). Now rare exc. collect.
• 3 The prevailing sense: A ‘barn-door fowl’, a domestic cock or hen; a bird of the genus Gallus. In the U.S. applied also to ‘a domestic duck or turkey’ (Cent. Dict.). Often with some modifying word prefixed: as, barn-door-, game-, guinea-fowl, for which see those words.
• 4. a. The flesh of birds used for food. Now only in the phrases fish, flesh, and fowl, etc.
• 4. b. In narrower sense: The flesh of the ‘barn-door’ or domestic fowl.

The Wikipedia article states "'Chicken' was originally the word only for chicks," but this is contradicted by the OED, while it may be used for "a domestic fowl of any age" the primary use is for "The young of the domestic fowl; its flesh." Intact a chicken is a young fowl but usually one older than a chick, although the OED says under chick:

• 1. A chicken; esp. a young chicken; sometimes, the young of any bird.
• 2. esp. The young bird still in the egg or only just hatched.

The usage is similar to the eating of lamb instead of mutton. Supermarkets prefer to advertise lamb, and in the English speaking countries most sheep are slaughtered as lambs but that does not mean that lamb means either sheep or mutton.

I have no intention of editing this article but perhaps someone else can use them to improve this article. -- PBS (talk) 07:37, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a dictionary as such the words may be treated differently. This article refers to a species of animal (Gallus gallus domesticus) whose current universal common name is "Chicken". The history of the word is fine to discuss in a section of the article but the main article is about the animal and its role in the world today, it would be uncommon to find modern agricultural references which refer to this animal as a fowl. Earthdirt (talk) 23:01, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

PBShearer, the older usage of "chicken" is actually the plural form of "chick" (similar to "child" into "children", although "children" has actually been 'double pluralized' — "child+er+en"). As words always do, they eventual change in meaning or die out. In the case of "chicken," it now refers to the domestic fowl (g. gallus domesticus) of any age and sex, not to a plural form of a term for the young fowl. — al-Shimoni (talk) 01:59, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Rated as C

I rerated this to a C, quite choppy in bits and odd sections etc. Not bad overall as inline references go though. Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:54, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

More chicken info needed

I found this page while searching the internet for info on the history of keeping chickens as livestock.

I have been involved with the raising of chickens since childhood, and have continued in the forty-some years since.

i would like to see the following additions to the wikipedia article:

a detailed list of acceptable foodstuffs for domesticated chickens. this should include a list of items not recommended for poultry consumption. while i do not criticize commercial poultry feed it is feasible to feed chickens entirely on crops grown on your own land as long as you are aware of the nutritional content of each item individually and the feed as a whole.

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an exhaustive list of known breeds, their know colors and characteristics and adult weight. as an addition it would be very interesting to have a similar list of extinct breeds. it would be very valuable to have large, bright, clear photos of each breed showing both hen and rooster.

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i did not see a mention in the article that chickens vision is limited due to their eyes being placed on the sides of their head. this is why chickens 'cock' their head sideways and horizontally to see what lies on the ground before they peck it up.

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i would like to see added: chickens make a sound called 'cackling' when they have laid an egg, also occasionally when communicating.

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chicken care, chicken health, chicken diseases: more info please.

ThePerfectCottage (talk) 14:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi – This is Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. If you have information about these things that can be supported by published sources, please add it. In fact there is a separate article listing breeds: List of chicken breeds, though this does not currently include much detail about each breed. Further comments on your talk page. Richard New Forest (talk) 20:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

how did i not laugh hysterically at this before? ViniTheHat (talk) 16:36, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

"Buttonholing" chickens

I know someone who lives on a farm, and he recently made a remark about "buttonholing" chickens. I have no idea what he means, being a suburbanite myself, and Googling around gives no results (!). Currently there is no mention of this term or its meaning on Wikipedia, but I think there really ought to be, so that people who hear about it and don't know what it is can find out easily without having to spend several hours looking for it. After all, that's what Wikipedia is here for. Stonemason89 (talk) 22:38, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

If you can find no references to this, perhaps it doesn't exist. Bob98133 (talk) 13:37, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

• Try this. I do something similar when butchering chickens, but with the lower skin, I think just a form of "trussing" without string. This certainly isn't something for the main article on chickens. Earthdirt (talk) 11:27, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

reproduction

One subject in this article lacks is details on the reproductive cycle of chickens.

This includes the role of roosters in fertilisation, the differences between fertilised and unfertilised eggs and more details on eggs in general.

Given that the hen seems to lay the eggs whether they are fertilised or not, I think it would be helpful for someone to explain how roosters fertilise the eggs.

Also what causes hens to begin laying eggs in the first place? Is it just a matter of reaching a certain developmental stage or are roosters involved?

There could be a lot of information added to explain this aspect of chicken reproduction and egg laying.

--I (talk) 13:51, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Incubation?

"Artificial incubation An egg incubator.

Chicken egg incubation can successfully occur artificially as well. Nearly all fertilized chicken eggs will hatch after 21 days of good conditions - 99.5 °F (37.5 °C) and around 55% relative humidity (increase to 70% in the last three days of incubation to help soften egg shell). Eggs must be turned regularly (usually three to eight times each week) during the first part of the incubation. If the eggs aren't turned, the embryo inside will stick to the shell and may hatch with physical defects. Some incubators turn the eggs automatically. This turning mimics the natural process. An incubating hen will stand up several times a day and shift the eggs around with her beak. However, if the egg is turned during the last week of incubation the chick may have difficulty settling in the correct hatching position."

Where did you get this? The humidity level an ventilation level has to be adjusted to account for outside temp an humidity. 55% is way to high for most of the world. You need the egg to lose about 14% of its weight or the air cell to grow to a set level seen threw candling. You also have to turn at least 3 times a day (not a week) you can turn more but it should always be in odd numbers. You then stop turning on day 18, 3 days before hatching, not a week. At that point you bump the humidity up to 65% to keep the membrane around the chick from completely drying out after the chick cracks the shell.(shell softening has nothing to do with it)

Marlon Weldon Confederate Money Farm cmfarm.us —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.58.94.159 (talk) 21:30, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

OK Marlon I have referenced an OSU document. Can you find something out there which says that humidity should be lower than 55% in the first 18 days? T0mpr1c3 (talk) 22:36, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Vermont extension office ([1]) says humidity needs to be above 55% during incubation. Earthdirt (talk) 13:50, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

The pdf is from Virginia Tech, but I take your point T0mpr1c3 (talk) 18:57, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

This is the most linked page I know of on using low humidity day 1-18 http://paraguinparadise.netfirms.com/Dry%20Incubation.htm This website http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/index.php has hundreds of people that are incubating all over the world an talking about what works for them. Some can incubate at 55% but most need to run it much lower. The over 55% rule really only applies to days 19,20 an 21. I have tried here http://cmfarm.us/ventilation.html to explain why the humidity one person uses day 1-18 an works for them to get good hatches does not work for others. Its about losing the right amount of water from the eggs not about trying to run a set Humidity level. Marlon 67.132.241.161 (talk) 00:10, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

How many eggs in a day

Please,how many eggs can a hen lay in a day.I believe new technology must on grounds for more egg laying ability of hens,Please let me know the latest technology concerning hens laying abilty.Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.128.49.41 (talk) 18:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Each hen of an egg-laying breed usually lays one a day for a couple of weeks, then rests for a day or two before starting again. Once a year she stops altogether for a couple of weeks to moult. A good hen might lay 500 corndogs that drink coolaid READ THIS or more in a year. Very occasionally they may lay one egg in the morning and another the same evening, so two in one day is not impossible – but more commonly a hen may lay two yolks in one egg. Meat and fancy breeds may only lay for a few weeks in the spring – perhaps only 20 to 30, or fewer if they are allowed to sit on them.

It's not really "technology", but biology, and hens of laying breeds are already very efficient at turning feed into egg, so there's not really very much prospect of making the poor things lay even more. Richard New Forest (talk) 22:55, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Chicken article potential vandalism?

This is a potential problem for this article: http://www.everytopicintheuniverseexceptchickens.com/ Should this article be locked?

--Some random IP address, but actually [User:lf2planet] since I'm too lazy to log in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.112.26 (talk) 02:36, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

I think instead we should include this in the chickens article. -varunrau — Preceding unsigned comment added by Varunrau (talk • contribs) 05:48, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Indeed, that link and the dinosaur comic from which it originated are the only reason I came to this article (and I'm guessing that's where quite a few of this article's hits came from). It deserves a mention in the article, even though the comic is five years old and I doubt vandalism is a concern any longer.

RE: chicken breeding

We have 3 hens and one rooster and the rooster is pecking at one of the females. Is that normal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.230.251.20 (talk) 02:52, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Chicken disease

I looked quickly and I did not see Bumble foot (officially a form of Staph, I think) but it even says on its own wiki-page that it is really common in poultry. I don't have time/not sure how so can someone else put it in? Thanks--75.18.197.21 (talk) 03:21, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

added it. It's not caused by staph, but susceptible to staph infections (like any open sore). ViniTheHat (talk) 16:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Also, egg binding can be caused by ovo-duct constriction in excessively fat chickens - not just from "oversized eggs." I daresay that cause is more common. Can this be verified/updated? Alphachimera (talk) 16:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Poultry Farming

Again, my computer won't let me actually edit the real article, but I have a suggestion. -I feel like the factory/intensive farming aspect of commercial layers/boilers is not discussed enough in the "Poultry Farming" section. Maybe someone could add a pic of caged layers and something from/about "FOOD, INC'? -Just an idea :)--75.32.144.42 (talk) 01:37, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

this article is primarily about the bird. see if http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultry_farming has what you're looking for. ViniTheHat (talk) 14:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

OK thanks, this is definitely what I was talking about.--173.11.83.125 (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Communication

Chickens communicate both vocally and behaviorally. Squawking, clucking and a whole range of vocal communication comes from a flock. Chickens also posture and behave in ways that have meaning to others of their species. Roosters do a dance just before mating and hens indicate they are ready to mate with various movements recognized by the male. A young rooster will charge at an older bird but stop short of an attack with no response from the adult but based on behavior that same adult will counter the attack just by knowing when the young one is serious or not. 1:'Cluck' 2: 'Squawk' 3: 'Buck' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.17.138.91 (talk) 08:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Image: Red Jungle Fowl

I'm not too handy with uploading images to wikipedia, so could someone please crop the image, so that in the thumbnail-sized image in the article, the bird is more easily seen? ViniTheHat (talk) 16:42, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Origin addition

I would like to add a line in the origins section:

Research shows that chickens are the closest living relative to Tyrannaosaurus Rex. Similarities in collagen fibers and proteins were found in a T. Rex leg.

Reference: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/13/uknews.taxonomy Mary Schweitzer, a palaeontologist at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Lvangundy (talk) 22:59, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Go for it! If you want to add that easily, one way is you can click the Cite dropdown menu on the editing toolbar (which appears after you load the edit window). Then choose "cite news" from the Templates list and fill in the options you know. Steven Walling 02:51, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

The news article is inaccurate: the Schweitzer study compared amino acid sequences of T. rex collagen proteins to amino acid sequences of of the collagen of all animals that were available (which might be a couple dozen species). Since the chicken was the only bird included in the study, all this does is confirm that dinosaurs and birds are related: it does not support the notion that chickens are the closest living relatives of T. rex. In fact, it is almost certainly not true, given that chickens aren't even a particularly basal lineage of birds. I'm removing this. Tennesseellum (talk) 21:50, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Steven Walling Darn, I don't have enough edits. Someday!

Breeding: blood/air

The section with the heading Breeding, subheading Current, includes the words "blood supply" where I assume it should be "air supply" or "air sac." The passage in question:

The chick begins by "pipping"; pecking a breathing hole with its egg tooth towards the blunt end of the egg, usually on the upper side. It will then rest for some hours, absorbing the remaining egg yolk and withdrawing the blood supply from the membrane beneath the shell (used earlier for breathing through the shell). 24.239.168.210 (talk) 05:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

No, it's withdrawing its blood supply. ViniTheHat (talk) 13:39, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Terminology

The section under 'Terminology' is incorrect, male chickens over 12 months of age are in fact called Cock Birds in Australia, not 'Roosters'. Roosters is a generic term that refers to all male Chickens. The chicken article will not allow me to edit it though. Anjwalker (talk) 11:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

gggggggg  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.242.31 (talk) 15:05, 30 November 2011 (UTC) 

the hen is a pet.it is a for making money.in kerala lot of chikken farms  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.242.31 (talk) 15:08, 30 November 2011 (UTC) 

Wtf

WtF re chickens SINED A 2 YEAR OLD — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesstarlife (talk • contribs) 11:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

chicke

i eat chicken — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.191.45 (talk) 23:19, 7 March 2012 (UTC)