In their article How the Chicken Conquered the World, Andrew Lawler and Jerry Adler write about the history of the chicken and how chickens became a domesticated farm animal. While many may think that these animals were bred to be consumed, the real reason chickens were domesticated was for cockfighting. It was not until later that people started to domesticate chicken for food consumption. By looking at earlier “…art, culture, cuisine, science and religion over the millennia…”, one can see the inspiration chickens played on early life (Lawler and Alder. For example, in ancient Egypt, temples were said to have eggs hanging from the temples. In Kris Hirst’s article The Domestication History of Chickens (Gallus domesticus), Hirst studied the domestication of Chickens to the Americas. According to her research, chickens were unknown to the Americas until before the “…16th-century medieval Spanish colonization (1321-1407 cal C.E.)” (Hirst). Hirst also states that compared to the wild chickens discovered over 8,000 years ago, chickens these days are less aggressive, have an increased body weight, and produce larger
In their article How the Chicken Conquered the World, Andrew Lawler and Jerry Adler write about the history of the chicken and how chickens became a domesticated farm animal. While many may think that these animals were bred to be consumed, the real reason chickens were domesticated was for cockfighting. It was not until later that people started to domesticate chicken for food consumption. By looking at earlier “…art, culture, cuisine, science and religion over the millennia…”, one can see the inspiration chickens played on early life (Lawler and Alder. For example, in ancient Egypt, temples were said to have eggs hanging from the temples. In Kris Hirst’s article The Domestication History of Chickens (Gallus domesticus), Hirst studied the domestication of Chickens to the Americas. According to her research, chickens were unknown to the Americas until before the “…16th-century medieval Spanish colonization (1321-1407 cal C.E.)” (Hirst). Hirst also states that compared to the wild chickens discovered over 8,000 years ago, chickens these days are less aggressive, have an increased body weight, and produce larger