Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Aves > Order Galliformes > Family Phasianidae > Genus Gallus >
My image of Gallus gallus, taken before May 2022 in Chalmette, LA, USA
FACT: Chickens raised for their meat are called broilers, whereas chickens raised for their eggs are called layers!
Author's Note: For those of you wondering; no, he did not cross the road, and I sadly have no idea as to why.
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