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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - All hail the hen! Chickens were revered for centuries before they were food. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts - 6 Chicken Facts to Cluck About. | Aug 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Ohioline - Chicken Breed Selection. | Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Physiology - Beyond the Chicken: Alternative Avian Models for Developmental Physiological Research. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Archaeological and molecular evidence for ancient chickens in Central Asia. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Added interactive. | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Biology - The wild species genome ancestry of domestic chickens. | Apr 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Evolutionary analysis of a complete chicken genome. | Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Origin of the domestic chicken from modern biological and zooarchaeological approaches. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oklahoma State University - Breeds of Livestock - Breeds of Chickens. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Livestock Division of Extension - Origin and History of the Chicken. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthline - Is Chicken Healthy? Nutrition, Benefits, and Tips. | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animalia - Chicken. | Jan 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Raising chickens for eggs. | Aug 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - Incubation and Embryology - What is a Chicken? | Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Chicken. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cool Kid Facts - Chicken Facts. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: PETA - Kids - Chicken. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: OneKindPlanet - Chicken. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 20, 2016 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Jan 29, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Chicken. | Dec 22, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 23, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Food - Preparing Chicken. | Jun 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Chicken. | Feb 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Chickens. | Feb 08, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Oklahoma State University - Poultry Breeds. | Jun 09, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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