Category:Chickens

Chick"en, n. Etym: [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, küken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. küchkein. See Cock the animal.]

1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; - - so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.

There are more chickens in the world than there are people. Chickens cannot fly well -- the longest recorded flight by a chicken was 13 seconds. Some breeds of chickens lay colored eggs - white, brown, blue, or even green. The Chinese wrote about chickens over 3,000 years ago. Which came first the chicken or the egg? It was really 2 chickens - and the hen had to keep the egg the proper temperature until it hatched.

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There are many breeds of domestic chicken.