What is Chicken?
{{Subspeciesbox | name = ''Gallus gallus domesticus'' | status = DOM | image = Male and female chicken sitting together.jpg | image_caption = A cock (left) and a hen (right) | genus = Gallus | species = gallus | species_link = Red junglefowl | subspecies = domesticus | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) }} '''Chicken''' (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a term which refers to a species of [[poultry]]. It is raised in many places for its [[meat]] and [[egg (food)|egg]]s.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110675/chicken |title=chicken (bird) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia |encyclopedia=britannica.com |accessdate=1 May 2010}}</ref> They are usually kept by humans as [[livestock]]. Some breeds of chickens can fly for a short distance. Some sleep in trees (if there are trees around). A [[male]] chicken is called a cock or a rooster. A [[female]] chicken is called a hen. A young chicken is called a chick. Like other female [[bird]]s, hens lay [[egg (biology)|egg]]s. Chicks hatch out of the eggs. When raising chickens, a farmer needs a chicken coop (like a little house) for the chickens to roost (sleep) in. They also need a run or yard where they can exercise, take dust baths, eat and drink. The chickens also need to be protected from [[Predation|predators]] such as [[Fox|foxes]], [[Coyote|coyotes]], and [[Hawk|hawks]] too. Fences are often used for this. <ref>[http://www.small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/how_to_raise_chickens.html How to Raise Chickens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302233434/http://www.small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/how_to_raise_chickens.html |date=2015-03-02 }}, retrieved 15 March 2011.</ref> Chickens can also be [[Intensive farming|farmed intensively]]. This lets farms make a lot of chicken meat and eggs Chickens are short winged birds and can fly up to 6’000 metres and through the summer they migrate to different parts of Africa before returning to th