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2. Brahma chicken - Wikipedia

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   soft feather: heavy [3] Chicken. Gallus gallus domesticus. The Brahma is an American breed of chicken. It was bred in the United States from birds imported from the Chinese port of Shanghai, [4]: 78 and was the principal American meat breed from the 1850s until about 1930. [5]

3. Cultural references to chickens - Wikipedia

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   There are numerous cultural references to chickens in myth, folklore, religion, and literature. Chickens are a sacred animal in many cultures, being deeply embedded in belief systems and religious worship practices. [1] Roosters are sometimes used for a divination practice called Alectryomancy, a Latin phrase combining "rooster" and "divination ...

4. Denizli chicken - Wikipedia

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   Denizli chicken. The Denizli is a breed of rooster developed in Denizli, Turkey. It is characterised by its long-crowing abilities, with the general guideline being a crow of 20–25 seconds in their first year. The breed is divided into 3 groups based on colour, body structure, and comb types. [2] It is described as having black eyes, dark ...

5. Chicken - Wikipedia

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   Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 26.5 billion as of 2023, and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds. A hen bred for laying can produce over 300 eggs per year. There are numerous cultural references to chickens in folklore, religion, and literature.

6. Cochin chicken - Wikipedia

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   Gallus gallus domesticus. White Cochin hens at one year old, bred in England in 2020. The Cochin is a breed of large domestic chicken. It derives from large feather-legged chickens brought from China to Europe and North America in the 1840s and 1850s. It is reared principally for exhibition. It was formerly known as Cochin-China.

7. List of chicken breeds - Wikipedia

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   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 ...