WorksheetsThe History of Chickens
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
The name of the first domesticated chicken was the -
Red Jungle Fowl
Green Jungle Fowl
Silkie
Phoenix
Which civilization have the first recorded human incubation of eggs, and how?
Rome - Placed on a wrack above boiling water
China - Placed on warm rocks and covered at night
Egypt - Placed on a wrack above a fire of dried camel dung
None - It is a modern solution to hatching chickens
Which of the following are "true" bantam chickens?
Where did Game Bird chickens originate from?
China
Rome
Egypt
India
This famous agriculturalist established the standards of breeding, used in sheep, cattle, and chicken breeding.
Jethro Tull
Robert Bakewell
Arthur Young
Richard Arkwright
This chicken is a direct descendant of the first domesticated chicken and is still around today (The one above is my own!)
Dorking
Crevacur
Phoenix
Minorca
The Polish chicken was named after -
Their feather hats matching those the Polish soldier wore
Where they were from
The family who first began breeding them
How they behaved
This European explorer brought back information on the silkie chicken after his journey to Asia
Vasco da Gama
William of Rubruck
Afonso de Albuquerque
Marco Polo
