Are chickens birds?

I could list all the hard-to-comprehend qualifications for birds, or just explain the fact that birds are the only animals with feathers. Therefore, if it has feathers, then it's got to be a bird. read more

Chickens are gregarious birds and live together in flocks. They have a communal approach to the incubation of eggs and raising of young. Individual chickens in a flock will dominate others, establishing a "pecking order", with dominant individuals having priority for food access and nesting locations. read more

Yes, chickens are birds. They are a domesticated hybrid of the Red junglefowl and Grey junglefowl. Red junglefowl are native to southeastern Asia, while Grey junglefowl are native to the Indian subcontinent. read more

Chickens are birds, which are a different group of vertebrates from mammals. Birds lay eggs, while most mammals give birth to live young and nurse them with their mammary glands. The only exceptions to this are the platypus and echidna, which are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. read more