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The first amniote egg – that is, a hard-shelled egg that could be laid on land, rather than remaining in water like the eggs of fish or amphibians – appeared around 312 million years ago. [6] In contrast, chickens are domesticated descendants of red junglefowl and probably arose little more than eight thousand years ago, at most.
When producing a dish made of eggs with ham or bacon, the pig provides the ham or bacon which requires his or her sacrifice and the chicken provides the eggs which are not difficult to produce. Thus the pig is really committed to that dish ("has skin in the game"), while the chicken is only involved, yet both are needed to produce the dish.
A fried chicken egg, sunny side up Scrambled eggs served with ham and toast. Chicken eggs are widely used in many types of dishes, both sweet and savory, including many baked goods. Some of the most common preparation methods include scrambled, fried, poached, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, omelettes, and pickled.
There’s a reason why people call that very first egg you get a $1,000 egg. Backyard chickens need a coop, which some people build themselves or buy with a starting cost of about $200-$300, plus ...
The return of the bird flu is throwing a wrench in egg and poultry prices. Nationally, a dozen large Grade A eggs cost $4.15 in December, compared to $3.65 in November and $2.52 at the start of 2024.
There are two definitions of chicken egg to consider: (1) If the species of an egg is defined as the species of the creature that hatches from it, then the first chicken egg was laid by a different species of bird; it hatched into the first chicken and thus, with this definition, the first chicken egg came before the first chicken.
A new bird flu strain was detected on a California duck farm. But what's the difference between H5N9 and H5N1, and is it safe to eat poultry? A doctor explains.
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets [1] or for cockfighting.