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.

Are you prepared to give up your car and raise chickens to save the environment? I'm not so sure...

From the article: "A U.N. report from just this past November found that a full 18 percent of global warming emissions come from raising chickens, turkeys, pigs, and other animals for food. That's about 40 percent more than all the cars, trucks, airplanes, and all other forms of transport combined."

Born in fiji, all grown up he still holds his arms like chicken wings...(absolutely true)!

In 28 years of raising chickens, Virgil Shockley has had his share of worries, from bird disease to pollution. But nothing prepared him for the latest concern sweeping the poultry industry: Local farms could be deemed terrorist targets by the U.S. government.

Instead of sending tons of rice to malnourished countries, why not send chickens. Most are in droughts, but can still raise chickens. Drought=No Water, Rice needs to be cooked=Water. Chicken Cooked=Fire.