The Things We Do To Chickens

This is Part II of our story on the Chicken. In this episode we will find out how the Chicken was domesticated, and how we changed them to suit our needs and transitioned them from Junglefowl to industrialised factory production line.

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Notes:

• Cockfighting in The Philippines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXK6uog-f6g&ab_channel=VICEAsia 
• World Slasher Cup: https://www.worldslashercup.ph/
• Egyptian Egg Oven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_egg_oven#:~:text=An%20Egyptian%20egg%20oven%20or,other%20techniques%20of%20the%20time. 
• Sacred Chickens of Rome: https://www.anecdotesfromantiquity.com/the-sacred-chickens-of-rome/
• Gallic Rooster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_rooster
• Chicken gene mutation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26873630/#:~:text=Our%20study%20indicates%20that%20the,been%20important%20for%20chicken%20domestication.
• The Chicken-of-Tomorrow: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/poultry-food-production-agriculture-mckenna
• Hen Fever: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/poultry-food-production-agriculture-mckenna
• Ayam Cemani: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayam_Cemani
• Dong Tao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Tao_chicken
• Bird Flu: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/h5n1-bird-flu-avian-influenza-what-can-be-done/
• RSPCA standards: https://rspcaapproved.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2020_08_MEATCHICKENS_Standard_v1.1.pdf
• Hilltop Eggs: https://www.hilltopsfreerange.com/