Where in the world did chickens originate from?

Answer 1

Domestic chickens are said to originate from the Red Jungle fowl and possibly the Gray Jungle Fowl. Jungle fowl are relatives of the pheasant family. They are found in Northeast India, China and Malaysia.

Answer 2

The prehistoric ancestor of all birds, including chickens, is the crow-sized archaeopteryx, which had a reptilian body, feathers, and claw-tipped wings, and dates back 145 million years.

The chicken's direct ancestor is the wild red jungle fowl found in Thailand, Burma, Sumatra, and eastern India. Domesticated by man about 5,000 years ago, it was probably the first domesticated bird and became the chickens we know today.

According to Uppsala University and Durham University in England who have both done gene mapping , the wild grey jungle fowl is also involved but both originate in the same area.

Answer 3

It's thought that the chicken originated from India and was called the Jungle Fowl.

Answer 4

Chicken originally from egg.

- Geoff

Answer 5

http://www.chickenquest.com/otherchicken.html

This should answer your question or give you a place to start the search should you feel you wish to delve further.

Answer 6

Chicken was first domesticated in either India or southeast Asia during the stone age.

Answer 7

wherever the heck chickens come from