Chickens never evolve
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We lose one of the most efficient animals for food production.
Have anyone compared the chicken and the closest competitors, ducks, gooses and turkeys, on those aspects?
Polynesian history will be massively affected, as, if I recall correctly, chickens were, along with pigs and dogs, the only domesticated animals they had. And many islands were too small to support pigs. As a result, Polynesians on many islands might have had to revert to hunter-gatherer lifestyles that otherwise would have had galloculture.
I am guessing they don't provide as good of eggs as those eggs don't really get eaten.
Geese are noted for being extremely aggressive, which may explain why fewer people chose to raise them throughout history. Then you have the fact that ducks and geese are objectively harder to care for, requiring open water that may make them inaccessible to the farmer and may be difficult to find.
Albeit duck eggs are eaten commonly in the far east at the very least, so to say. But maybe chickens are more productive...
KFD - Kentucky Fried Duck is a big hit in 1950s by a man by the name of a Colonel Harland Sanders.
Are their cousins guinea fowl also not evolved? They were first domesticated by the Romans, and could be used similarly. If not, pigeons, though they're both smaller and greedy for grain.
Rabbits might be used by the rich, who could afford the greater work needed, for meat only. I think the poor would rely more on milk, or milk products, especially from goats and sheep.
Rabbits might be used by the rich, who could afford the greater work needed, for meat only. I think the poor would rely more on milk, or milk products, especially from goats and sheep.
tasty, and, versatile!
alligator jackets and even wider use of alligator for shoes, too.
and, they're delicious.
alligator farms catch on in warmer climates.
others rely more on pigs, I think.
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Don't you mean 'beak' world?
(don't hurt me).Anyway, for the chickens to not evolve, something else would have to fill their niche, theoretically - another species would have to be 'fitter' than the chicken and able to overtake them in the world of semi-flightless, deliciously-fleshed fowl.
Pheasants seem like a good go-to, and are domesticatable, and easy to breed. The only issue is eggs - do other birds lay non-fertile eggs if not mated?