Chickens are domesticated animals used for their eggs and meat.

Rooster

Chickens are domesticated animals used for their eggs and meat.

Chickens are domesticated animals used for their eggs and meat.

Chicken

Chickens are domesticated animals used for their eggs and meat.

Guinea fowls have small heads for their size; beak and neck short; the tail equally short and drooping.

Guinea Fowl

Guinea fowls have small heads for their size; beak and neck short; the tail equally short and drooping.

"Hickety, pickety, my black hen. She lays eggs for gentlemen."

My Black Hen

"Hickety, pickety, my black hen. She lays eggs for gentlemen."

A cross-section of a hen-house.

Cross-section of a hen-house

A cross-section of a hen-house.

Front view of a hen-house.

Front view of a hen-house

Front view of a hen-house.

Cross-section of an egg, showing the different parts.

Cross-section of an egg

Cross-section of an egg, showing the different parts.

A pair of cochin china fowls.

Cochin China Fowl

A pair of cochin china fowls.

Instinctive fighters, this breed was often used for cock-fighting.

Game Fowl

Instinctive fighters, this breed was often used for cock-fighting.

A boy customer buying eggs.

Eggs

A boy customer buying eggs.

"Pythons are the largest known serpents, which are found only in India and the islands of the Indian Archipelago." — Goodrich, 1859

Python

"Pythons are the largest known serpents, which are found only in India and the islands of the Indian…

"Prairie Chicken is the popular name of the pinnated grouse of the United States. The neck of the male is furnished with tufts of 18 feathers, and is remarkable also for two loose, pendulous, wrinkled skins, which somewhat resemble an orange on inflation. The prairie hen is much prized for the table."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Prairie Chicken

"Prairie Chicken is the popular name of the pinnated grouse of the United States. The neck of the male…

Scene from the story, "Making the Best of It."

Hot Chicken Food

Scene from the story, "Making the Best of It."

Hen

Hen

Hen

Bird

Chick

Bird

"Two players are made to sit on the ground draw their legs up, and clasp their hands together over their shins. A stout stick is then passed through under their knees, and over their arms at the bend of the elbows, as in the cut, and there they sit trussed like a couple of fowls. Thus prepared, the two cobatants are placed face to face, their toes touching, and are left to fight it out. This they do by striving to knock each other down, each to overbalance the other without loosing his own equilibrium. Two falls out of three decide the game; if both fall it is no 'round,' and does not count. As the player may not unclasp his hands even when down, he is quite helpless, and must be assisted by his friends." — Thomas Sheppard Meek

Cock-Fighting

"Two players are made to sit on the ground draw their legs up, and clasp their hands together over their…

A chicken

Chicken

A chicken

The female of any kind of fowl.

Hen

The female of any kind of fowl.

A newly hatched chick, with broken eggshell nearby.

Newly Hatched Chick

A newly hatched chick, with broken eggshell nearby.

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." — Harcourt, 1889

Triangular coop

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." —…

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." — Harcourt, 1889

Triangular coop

"This triangular shape is a good one also for a movable poultry-house in its simplest form." —…

A chicken and a rooster.

Chickens

A chicken and a rooster.

A hen.

Hen

A hen.

The polecat is well known as the chicken thief. Usually a dark brown with copious fine pelage much used in furriery and for making artists brushes.

Polecat

The polecat is well known as the chicken thief. Usually a dark brown with copious fine pelage much used…

A hen and chickens.

Hen

A hen and chickens.

A chicken coop

Coop

A chicken coop

A chicken coop

Coop

A chicken coop

The Little Red Hen enjoys the bread she made. The cat, dog, and rat do not get any because they did not help make the bread.

Hen Eating Bread

The Little Red Hen enjoys the bread she made. The cat, dog, and rat do not get any because they did…

The Little Red Hen enjoys gives the bread to her chicks because they worked to make the bread. The cat, dog, and rat did not.

Animals

The Little Red Hen enjoys gives the bread to her chicks because they worked to make the bread. The cat,…

A weasel stealing eggs out of a chicken coup.

Weasel with Eggs

A weasel stealing eggs out of a chicken coup.

A decorative border with a chicken on a farm.

Chicken Border

A decorative border with a chicken on a farm.

A girl with a cat, chicken, dog, a toy cow, and a toy lion.

Girl and Animals

A girl with a cat, chicken, dog, a toy cow, and a toy lion.

"Section of a Hen's Egg before Incubation. a, yolk, showing concentric layers; a', its semi-fluid center; b, inner dense part of the albumen; b', outer thinner part; c, twisted cords of albumen; h, the white spot, or germ cell." -Cooper, 1887

Egg Parts

"Section of a Hen's Egg before Incubation. a, yolk, showing concentric layers; a', its semi-fluid center;…

"Origin of lungs, liver, and pancreas in the chick. The mesoderm is shaded; the endoderm dark. lg., One of the lungs; St., stomach; l., liver; p., pancreas." -Thomson, 1916

Chick Development

"Origin of lungs, liver, and pancreas in the chick. The mesoderm is shaded; the endoderm dark. lg.,…

A baby looking at the chicks in the hen's nest.

Baby and Chickens

A baby looking at the chicks in the hen's nest.

"Petits! Petits! Petits! Foraging in an Enemy's Country. From the drawing by Horace Vernet." -Rees, 1894

Petits! Petits! Petits! Foraging in an Enemy's Country

"Petits! Petits! Petits! Foraging in an Enemy's Country. From the drawing by Horace Vernet." -Rees,…

A small little chicken modeled out of tissue paper.

Tissue paper chicken

A small little chicken modeled out of tissue paper.

Two chickens eating food off of the ground.

Chickens Eating

Two chickens eating food off of the ground.

The chicken is a domesticated fowl which is commonly used from its meat and eggs.

Chicken

The chicken is a domesticated fowl which is commonly used from its meat and eggs.

An illustration of a mother chick overlooking her baby chicks.

Chicken and Chicks

An illustration of a mother chick overlooking her baby chicks.

An illustration of a mother chick surrounded by her baby chicks.

Chicken and Chicks

An illustration of a mother chick surrounded by her baby chicks.

An illustration of a rooster overlooking three chickens.

Rooster

An illustration of a rooster overlooking three chickens.

An illustration of a woman standing by a fence holding an egg.

Woman Holding Egg

An illustration of a woman standing by a fence holding an egg.

Xiphosoma Caninum or Corallus caninus is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America.

Emerald Tree Boa

Xiphosoma Caninum or Corallus caninus is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South…

An illustration of a fowl market located on a river in Cairo, Illinois.

Fowl Market

An illustration of a fowl market located on a river in Cairo, Illinois.

An illustration of a chicken standing in front a chicken coop.

Chicken Coop

An illustration of a chicken standing in front a chicken coop.

An illustration of a family taking their livestock to the market to sell.

Going to Market

An illustration of a family taking their livestock to the market to sell.

The end view of the skull of a chicken three weeks old.

Chicken Skull

The end view of the skull of a chicken three weeks old.

A ripe chick's head, 1.25 inches long.

Chick's Head

A ripe chick's head, 1.25 inches long.

The upper view of the skull of an old fowl.

Fowl Skull

The upper view of the skull of an old fowl.

The skull of an adult fowl.

Fowl Skull

The skull of an adult fowl.

The skull of an adult fowl. Here the temporal fossa is bridged over by the junction of the post-frontal and squamosal processes.

Fowl Skull

The skull of an adult fowl. Here the temporal fossa is bridged over by the junction of the post-frontal…

Oshyiodes of an adult fowl.

Oshyiodes of Adult Fowl

Oshyiodes of an adult fowl.

The sacrum of a young fowl; natural size seen from below.

Fowl Sacrum

The sacrum of a young fowl; natural size seen from below.

The sternum of a chick three days old.

Chick Sternum

The sternum of a chick three days old.

The pelvis and caudal vertebrae of an adult fowl.

Fowl Pelvis

The pelvis and caudal vertebrae of an adult fowl.

An illustration of a hen with her eggs.

Chicken and Eggs

An illustration of a hen with her eggs.

An illustration of a rooster and a hen.

Rooster & Hen

An illustration of a rooster and a hen.

An illustration of a hen, a female chicken.

Hen

An illustration of a hen, a female chicken.

An illustration of a young boy and girl feeding chickens.

Boy and Girl Feeding Chickens

An illustration of a young boy and girl feeding chickens.