Does chicken go through metamorphosis and why?

Answer 1

...the other answers are not very good.

Incomplete metamorphosis involves 3 stages: egg, nymph, and adult. For a younger version of a creature to be considered a nymph, it has to have some features missing that it gains later, like wings, for example. This is where it gets kinda subjective, as you could say their wings aren't fully functioning yet, but they do come out of the egg with them, so technically there are no chicken nymphs.

So sadly, it seems that no, chickens do not undergo metamorphosis (technically), unless you say chickens shifted their nymph stage to when they're in the egg, but then you would be getting into dangerous territory as this could potentially be applied to many other animals..

But there are other animals that do definitely undergo metamorphosis :) like frogs and toads, salamanders, newts, caecilians, many fish (including eels), lobsters, bees, cockroaches, and just a bunch of insects, like most of them. (the pic lists a bunch of them)

Answer 2

No, chickens do not go through metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is the process of changing from one thing to another, like a caterpillar to a butterfly or tadpole to a frog. A chicken hatches out as a smaller version of what it will grow up to be. It does not go through complete body changes.

Answer 3

All birds have a simple lifestyle. They are born looking like little versions of the adults and just grow up. Birds, mammals, fish and reptiles do not undergo metamorphosis.

Answer 4

Yes.

The egg hatches into a young hen and then grows into adult hen. The stages are distinct, thereby making the hen to be undergoing metamorphosis.

Answer 5

No. That's for bugs.

Answer 6

No it does not

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

yes