The chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated fowl, believed to be descended from the wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl.The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals. With a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, from both their meat and their eggs.

What's that? Didn't know you can hypnotize chickens, grow a tomacco like Bart Simpson or die from laughing? All true - among other things.

By Robert Benfer2007

Hot on the heels of a bill that proposes to ban obese customers from dining in restaurants, a new bill bans restaurants from hiding calories inside mixed green salads, paillards of chicken breast, mashed potatoes and chicken club sandwiches. I wish.

The selective breeding of chickens in the last 50 years has led to the entire breed showing health issues that could make them useless as chickens.

On Tuesday Tesco slashed the price of a whole chicken to £1.99 until Sunday in a bid to help families on tight budgets, adding that it had doubled its order for higher-welfare chicken.