Understanding the Movie 'Chicken' and Chicken Biology Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the Manx Rumpy breed of chicken is not Manx at all.

the Java (pictured), first mentioned in print in 1835, is the second oldest breed of chicken in the United States.

the Iowa Blue breed of chicken is not actually blue according to poultry standards.

the Nankin bantam breed of chicken is classified as critically endangered by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.

the Orloff breed of chicken is named for a Russian count, but in fact originated in Persia.

the colorful Sri Lanka Junglefowl is part of the junglefowl family from which our modern domestic chickens derive.

the Vorwerk is the only breed of chicken to share its name with a brand of household appliance.

the Delaware breed of chicken (chick pictured) was once the favorite broiler on U.S. East Coast farms, but is now critically endangered.

the Chantecler, the only breed of chicken native to Canada, was developed by a Trappist monk.

despite weighing little more than a pound (0.45 kg), the Dutch Bantam breed of chicken (rooster pictured) can lay more than 160 eggs in a year.

a chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings.

a Chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings.

it took just over 20 years to finish developing the Lamona breed of chicken, but it was nearly extinct by the 1980s.

the endangered subspecies California Clapper Rail, a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old.

the Buckeye is the only U.S. breed of chicken known to have been created by a woman.

the mushroom Laetiporus sulphureus is a good substitute for chicken.

Martin Luther compared images of the Virgin of Mercy (example pictured) to "a hen with her chicks".

Understanding the Movie 'Chicken' and Chicken Biology