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Hint
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Answer
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a baby chicken is called a ______
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chick
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how many breeds of chicken are there?
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unknown
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the extremely cruel ''sport'' of forcing male chickens to fight is called
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cockfighting
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true or false: there are more chickens on earth than any other domestic fowl
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true
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what is the chicken's (and, to some extent, the ostrich's as well) famous extinct relative?
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tyrannosaurus rex
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breed of chicken that resembles a large cotton ball
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chinese silkie
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which explorer "discovered'' the above?
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marco polo
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despite being completely unrelated, chickens are able to hybridize with what other groundfowl?
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guinea
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fleshy structure atop a chicken's head that aids in displaying and thermoregulation
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comb
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chickens are ______________, meaning they consume both plant and animal material
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omnivores
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when was the chickens' wild ancestor first domesticated?
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between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago
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and this was the _______________
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red junglefowl
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after the chicken, what is the second-most numerous bird in the world?
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red-billed quelea
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mythological creature said to have been born by a toad incubating a chicken's egg
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cockatrice
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another mythological creature, sometimes depicted as a larger version of the above, and depicted in "Harry Potter'' as an enormous snake
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basilisk
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the tallest chicken breed on the planet, with an upright posture and a featherless head
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malay
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another huge breed with feathered feet, said to be a cross of the above and a cochin
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brahma
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a male chicken is called a __________........
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rooster
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.......and a female is called a __________
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hen
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how fast can an average chicken run?
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9 mph
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fear of chickens
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alektrophobia
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running, exercise and other physical activities can make a chicken hot, but what other activity has the same effect for them?
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eating
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how many places in the US have the word "chicken'' in them? Excluding restaurants, fast-food stops, etc
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four
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the longest recorded flight of a chicken is
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13 seconds
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and how far can they fly?
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forty feet
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true or false: roosters only crow at sunrise
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false
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a chicken cam remember over _______ different faces
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100
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a group of chickens is called a
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flock
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chickens can't taste _________________
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sweetness
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