# Chicken. As a mass consumed bird did humans settle on this by chance

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**Created:** [June 12, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-as-a-mass-consumed-bird-did-humans-settle-on-this-by-chance/788812 "2017-06-12T22:35:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-as-a-mass-consumed-bird-did-humans-settle-on-this-by-chance/788812/41 "2017-06-14T21:23:24Z")

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> [@puddleglum](#):
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> Well, it doesn’t say that exactly, but somewhere there is something about a chicken.

Well put!

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**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-as-a-mass-consumed-bird-did-humans-settle-on-this-by-chance/788812/42 "2017-06-14T22:39:37Z")

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Since no else here has posted it yet, here’s a link to one of Cecil’s column’s about turkey eggs.

_[Why can’t you buy turkey eggs in stores? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1262/why-cant-you-buy-turkey-eggs-in-stores)_

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