Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018. [76] More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of meat and eggs. [ 77 ] In the United States alone, more than 8 billion chickens are slaughtered each year for meat, [ 78 ] and more than 300 million chickens are reared for ...
animal feed, racing, research, show, pets Tame, significant physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 1d Rodentia: Fancy rat a.k.a. laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) the 19th century CE [53] the United Kingdom: animal feed, research, show, pets Tame, some physical and psychological changes
Chickens were one of the domesticated animals carried with the sea-borne Austronesian migrations into Taiwan, Island Southeast Asia, Island Melanesia, Madagascar, and the Pacific Islands; starting from around 3500 to 2500 BC. [25] [26] By 2000 BC, chickens seem to have reached the Indus Valley and 250 years later, they arrived in Egypt. They ...
The Bielefelder Kennhuhn (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːləfɛldɐ ˈkɛnˌhuːn]) or Bielefelder is a German breed of domestic chicken.It was developed in the area of Bielefeld in the 1970s by Gerd Roth, who cross-bred birds of Malines and Welsumer stock with American Barred Rocks to create the breed.
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
This page was last edited on 3 December 2024, at 20:43 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The Lakenvelder / ˈ l ɑː k ən v ɛ l d ər / or Lakenfelder is a breed of domestic chicken from the Nordrhein-Westfalen area of Germany and neighbouring areas of the Netherlands. It was first recorded in 1727.
The Alsacienne (French pronunciation: ⓘ) or Poule d'Alsace (French pronunciation: [pul dalzas]) is a breed of domestic chicken from Alsace, in eastern France. [6] It was selectively bred in the 1890s, at a time when Alsace was part of the German Empire. [7] Unlike most other French breeds, it has not been cross-bred with imported Oriental stock.