Chicken - Gallus gallus domesticus
You know the feeling when you're hiking in the woods, you hear a rustling noise, and freeze..wondering if a bear or a bigfoot is sneaking up on you? It turns out you just might have a free-range chicken following you and looking for snuggles.
Habitat: Forest, adjacent to a farm
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon. An adult female bird is called a hen and a sexually immature female is called a pullet.
Similar species: Landfowl
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Apr 30, 2020. Captured Oct 11, 2019 10:14 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
