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dog is a canine, cat is a feline, chicken is a ?

Daylene Alford July 07, 2011 July 07, 2011

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Does anyone know?

Fledgesflight Fri, 07/08/2011 - 05:38

From a page about chooks...

Classification of the Chicken

Kingdom Animalia (the animals)
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata (animals with backbones)
Class Aves (Birds)
Order Galliformes
Family Phasianidae
Genus Gallus
Species - G. domesticus

Third Peppermint Fri, 07/08/2011 - 09:12

Fowl means anything birdy-like I think. Poultry is reserved specially for birdy things used for meat/eggs/etc.

For fancy terms.... avian is for birds in general and chickens are a type of bird. Kind of like equine is used for donkeys, horses, etc.

Monsterpony Fri, 07/08/2011 - 16:32

[quote=Threnody]Galluscine? I donno. O.o According to google I just made up a word.[/quote]

Galline

Threnody Fri, 07/08/2011 - 19:14

[quote=Monsterpony][quote=Threnody]Galluscine? I donno. O.o According to google I just made up a word.[/quote]

Galline[/quote]

There we go! :rofl

Third Peppermint Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:09

Are we just going to have chickens? :( I was hoping for birds in general because I bred Society Finches when I was a kid. They have cool colors, too!

Daylene Alford Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:39

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with birds (or small mammals for that matter). The problem is there are so many different species each with different genetics. I will definitely cover chickens sometime in the future. I suppose the others will depend on interest.

Doesn't feline refer to all species of cats though?

Maigray Mon, 07/18/2011 - 15:22

I used to have lovebirds. It's been years since I looked at the genetics, but I could brush up and do an article

nerd Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:20

I'd be interested in chickens--I'm kinda curious but not enough to go educate myself the hard way ymwhisle

critterkeeper Tue, 07/19/2011 - 21:46

As I have all manner of chickens (bantams: cochins, d'uccles,OEG and silkie; chicken: redstar, white leghorn, Ameriucanas, California whites; guinea: pearl with an order in for pieds, whites, lavenders and pearls). :love

Monsterpony Wed, 07/20/2011 - 00:46

[quote=Danni]Oh sorry, I only skimmed the posts, I'll have to go look it up now as I haven't heard that term![/quote]

No worries. It is a very rarely used word. I had to double check myself before I posted to see if I remembered right.

Daylene Alford Wed, 07/20/2011 - 08:50

I think I may go with Avian, as its much more common. I don't think anyone would know what was meant if I used galline.

Maigray, If you would like to write an article that would be great!

Third Peppermint Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:22

Maybe we can have different pages for the different species for the bird site? Liiiiike a section for chickens, a section for lovebirds, etc. Just because there are so many different types of birds and they're weird.

Daylene Alford Wed, 07/20/2011 - 14:15

Ya, I think that is probably the only way to handle it BUT don't expect all those birds to get added for a good while. I will do a vote soon on what do do next. It will probably be either chickens or mice/rats, which ever gets the most votes.