Poultry in Motion
The demand for chicken products (meat and eggs) has increased with the growth in population. Some methods of chicken farming are distressing; the lifespan only “five to seven weeks from hatching to slaughter”.
The evolution of chickens is interesting in so far as their DNA can be traced to dinosaurs before being domesticated approximately 6000 years ago. Even now chickens are becoming more prevalent as household pets in metropolitan areas. Here we can see evidence of their urbanisation as they are born directly into 'captivity'.
Chickens have been found to have the closest DNA out of 21 modern species of animals to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. This is not surprising if you’ve seen them walk.