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ASA Chicken Timeline

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  • 7100 BCE

    Important Events in History

    Important Events in History
    Poultry has been on earth for more than 150 million years.
  • 7000 BCE

    Domestication?

    Domestication?
    The chicken was first domesticated back in 7000 B.C. It was domesticated in India and East Asia.
  • 6000 BCE

    After Domestication

    After Domestication
    Once chickens were domesticated, cultural contacts, trade, migration and territorial conquest resulted in their introduction, and reintroduction, to different regions around the world over several thousand years.
    Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-87583657/#fcADeHE5GyspGu5A.99
  • 5400 BCE

    Important Event in History

    Important Event in History
    The earliest fossil bones identified possibly belonging to chickens appear in sites from northeastern China dating to around 5400 B.C., but the birds’ wild ancestors never lived in those cold, dry plains.
    Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-87583657/#fcADeHE5GyspGu5A
  • 4000 BCE

    Past Uses

    Past Uses
    Around 6,000 years ago people would domesticate chickens to use them for cockfighting. They would place bets on them, to see which chicken would die first. It was considered a sport, and was recorded in 1634. They used chickens as entertainment.
  • 2000 BCE

    Important Events in History

    Important Events in History
    By 2000 B.C., cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia refer to “the bird of Meluhha,” the likely place name for the Indus Valley. That may or may not have been a chicken; Professor Piotr Steinkeller, a specialist in ancient Near Eastern texts at Harvard, says that it was certainly “some exotic bird that was unknown to Mesopotamia.”
    Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-87583657/#fcADeHE5GyspGu5A.
  • 249 BCE

    Past uses

    Past uses
    In 249 BC, the Roman general Publius Claudius Pulcher had his "sacred chickens." thrown overboard when they refused to feed before the battle of Drepana, saying "If they won't eat, perhaps they will drink." The Romans would sacrifice chickens to their Gods.
    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken#In_history)
  • 200 BCE

    Adaptations of Chicken

    Adaptations of Chicken
    Roosters crow to alert other males about their territory. Hens will cluck after laying an egg, and also cluck to gather their chicks.

  • Interesting Fact 1

    Interesting Fact 1
    In the early 1900's their meat was only eaten during special occasions & their eggs were a luxury food.

  • Predecessors?

    Predecessors?
    The chicken was the first bird to have its genome sequenced in 2004. Scientist later on discovered that its closest ancestor was the T-rex.

  • Interesting Fact 5

    Interesting Fact 5
    Chickens are able to see in full color vision. They see it better than humans.
    https://www.livescience.com/8099-chickens-color-humans.html

  • Present Uses

    Present Uses
    Chickens are used for their meat, egg laying, and feathers. People also use feces to fertilize soil.

  • Interesting Fact 2

    Interesting Fact 2
    Chickens outnumber any other bird in the world.

  • Interesting Fact 3

    Interesting Fact 3
    The most expensive chicken, Ayam Cemani, goes for $2500 each. It is because of their hyperpigmentation. It makes their whole body structure jet black. That also includes their organs.

  • Interesting Fact 4

    Interesting Fact 4
    The color of the egg depends on the color of the earlobe.