English chicken, 116, 127
“Enki and the World Order,” 39
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 18
Epidaurus, 53, 54
Epstein, Beryl, 178–79, 190
eugenics movement, 63
Europe, 41, 45, 48, 102, 213, 259-60
European Union, 236, 245
evolution, 111–12, 125, 130, 132, 134, 135, 151, 159, 160–61, 162-63
F
Fakieh Poultry Farms, 222
Fancy, The, 125, 126, 130, 134, 135, 137, 138, 217, 239, 260
Farming for Ladies, 116
Farrow, Thomas, 105
Federal Drug Administration, U.S., 220
Federmann, Nikolaus, 72
finches, 130, 135
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S., 16, 18
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. (FDA), 59
Foreign Agricultural Service, 219
Fox, William Darwin, 138–39, 140
Fragiel, Lorenzo, 106–7
France, 38, 54, 61–62, 63, 120, 121, 131, 152, 158, 195, 201–2, 217, 229–35, 236–37, 249, 259
francolin, 33, 38–39, 40, 71, 184
Frazer, James, 180
Frazier, Joe, 86
Frederick III, king of Denmark, 164
French National Assembly, 231
Fujian Sunner Development Co., 258
Fulbright, William, 212
Fumihito, Akishinonomiya, 144–45
G
Galápagos Islands, 111, 130, 135, 162
Garces, Leah, 237
Gates, Bill, 259
Geertz, Clifford, 175
geese, 31–32, 116, 117, 120
Genesis, 37, 131, 137
genetics, 13, 41, 73–75, 78–81, 82–83, 84, 99
Genghis Khan, 185
George, Henry, 2
George III, king of England, 114
Georgia, 20, 104, 264
Germany, 11, 49, 56–59, 63, 92, 114, 153, 164, 201, 213, 229, 240
Ghana, 184, 257
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 130
Golden Bough, The (Frazer), 180
Gongora, Jaime, 74–75
Goren, Shlomo, 180
Gospel According to Jesus Christ, The (Saramago), 149
Grandin, Temple, 226
gray jungle fowl, 32, 139
Great Britain, 4, 33, 35, 59, 101, 103, 107, 109–28, 141, 146, 152, 154, 192, 194, 196, 198, 201, 239
chickens imported to, 120, 123–24, 125
chickens in, 116–17
cockfighting banned in, 103
laws against eating chickens in, 116–17
Great Depression, 15, 206, 211, 244
Greece, 47, 50–54, 101, 152–53, 154, 156, 200, 228
Greeley, Horace, 197
green jungle fowl, 25–26, 139
Gregory I, Pope, 155
Grimes, William, 239
guinea fowl, 38, 118, 133, 184, 200, 227, 238
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond), 3, 68
H
Haiti, 70, 195
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 156–57
Han Jianlin, 252–54, 256, 258, 260, 261
Hanoi, 251, 252, 254, 256, 259, 263–64
Hanotte, Olivier, 145–46
Harappa, 32–34, 36
Haraway, Donna J., 1
Harvey, William, 60
Hasidic Judaism, 176, 178, 180, 187, 190
hatcheries, 205, 208, 210, 216, 248
Hatshepsut, pharaoh, 29
Hawaii, 66, 76–78, 79, 83, 89, 172
Hearst, William Randolph, 104
Hemings, Sally, 194
hen fever, 133, 197–99, 211
Henry IV, king of France, 206, 230
Henry V (Shakespeare), 102
Henry VI, king of England, 118
Henry VIII, king of England, 101
herons, 118
Heytesbury, Lord, 123–24, 197
Hialeah, Fla., 181–82, 190, 191
Hinduism, 35, 46, 169, 170, 172, 175, 228
Hippocrates, 53, 54, 55, 56
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 144
Hitler, Adolf, 240
Ho chicken, 251–52, 256
Hogarth, William, 102
Holly Farms, 223, 235
Holm, Celeste, 209
Homer, 29, 51
Hong Kong, 112, 255
Hooker, J. D., 136
Hoover, Herbert, 205, 206
Hopler, Jay, 28
Horner, Jack, 159, 160
”Horses, The” (Muir), vii
House of Representatives, U.S., 218
How I Made $10,000 in One Year with 4200 Hens, 205
Howlett, Robert, 86
Hubbard Flex, 215
Hungry Forties, 122, 125
Hunt, Terry, 68, 75
Huong, Lo Van, 261–62
Hussein, Saddam, 43
I
Ibbi-Sin, king of Ur, 37, 38
Ile-Ife, 182–83
Illustrated London News, 115, 120
I Love Lucy, 182
Incan Empire, 72, 91
India, 2, 16, 17, 20, 23, 25, 35, 36, 39, 41, 47, 51, 71, 84, 101, 132, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 147, 163, 183, 259, 264
Indonesia, 25, 62, 83, 84, 96, 102, 139, 169–75, 180, 183
Indus civilization, 32–34, 35–36, 39, 41, 42
Industrial Revolution, 4, 115, 199
influenza, 56–57
avian, 57, 233, 254–56
vaccines for, 57–59
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners, 15–16
International Chicken Polymorphism Map Consortium, 13–14
International Livestock Research Institute, 249
International Union for Conservation of Nature, 22
Iran, 42, 46, 178
Iraq, 37, 42, 152, 177
Ireland, 70, 120, 122–25, 197
Isakson, Johnny, 218
Islam, 43, 47, 48, 101, 169, 178, 180, 189, 190
Israel, 178, 180, 217
Italy, 38, 54, 240, 255
I Thought of Daisy (Wilson), 239
J
Jackson, Andrew, 104, 105
James I, king of England, 102
Japan, 42, 49, 59, 70, 83, 84, 95, 97, 145, 154, 167–68, 219–20
Japanese Americans, internment of, 208
Javanese fowl, 196
Javas, 139, 142, 199
Jefferson, Thomas, 104, 194, 195–96, 201
Jersey Giant, 109
Jerusalem, 47, 100, 156, 158, 177, 182
Jesus Christ, 46, 47, 100, 154, 155, 177
John Lateran, Saint, 158
Johnson, Leggette, 23–25, 264
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 248–49
Journal of Emergency Nursing, 55
Joyce, Ron, 235–38
Joyce Farms, 235, 238
Judaism, 47, 93–94, 131, 152, 154, 156, 176–80, 189, 190, 193–94, 202–3, 206
jungle fowl, 22, 25, 26, 131, 133, 141, 142
see also specific jungle fowl
K
Kamehameha, king of Hawaii, 76
kapparot rituals, 176, 177, 179–80, 227
Karnak temple, 29, 30, 269n
Kashyap, Arunima, 35
Kennedy, Anhony, 190–91
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), 196, 212, 254, 255
Kenya, 248–50
Keuls, Eva, 50–51
Kincaid, W. A., 94
Kirikongo, 184–86
Korea, 42, 49
Kunming Institute of Zoology, 145
L
Lafayette, Marquis de, 139
Lalish, 42, 43, 44
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, 132
Lancet, The, 256
Laos, 81, 147
Laughlin, Harry, 63
Lazarus, Saint, 182, 190
Leadenhall Market, 119–20
Leghorns, 199, 244
Lele, Ócha’ni, 189
Lenin, Vladimir, 260
Leopold, king of Belgium, 116, 121
Lepe-a-moa, 76
Lesson, René-Primevère, 139
Le Thi Thuy, 253, 260, 261, 262
Levant, 29, 44
Lilyquist, Christine, 31
Lincoln, Abraham, 104, 133
Linnaeus, Carolus, 66, 130–32, 139, 143
London, 60, 102, 103, 115, 118, 121–23, 124, 126, 129, 135, 136, 140, 143, 221, 284n
London Zoo, 112, 121, 133, 142
Lothal, 36, 39
Louis-Philippe, king of France, 116
Louis XV, king of France, 202
Lubavitcher Hasidim, 178, 179
Lundberg, Jon, 105
Luzong, Rolando, 87–90, 95–98, 106
Lyell, Charles, 136
M
MacDonald, Kevin, 183
Macqueen, Peggy, 78–81, 82
Made Manis, Ida Pedanda, 170–71
Madonna of the Chickens, 157
Madrid, 92, 93
Magellan, Ferdinand, 71, 91
Makauwahi Cave, 77–78, 79, 82
Malacca, 135, 142
Malays, 109, 140, 199
Malaysia, 96, 114, 121, 135, 144
Malaysian hen, 143
Mali, 183, 184, 229
mallards, 22
Malpighi, Marcello, 60
Malthus, Thomas Robert, 118–19, 257, 258
Manila, 86–91, 92, 93, 95, 103, 106, 107
Mao Zedong, 253
Marcos, Ferdinand, 95
Marcos, Imelda, 95
Marx, Karl, 4, 136–37, 260
Mason-Dixon Line, 15, 198
Massachusetts, 110, 114
Mather, Cotton, 158
Matisoo-Smith, Lisa, 73, 74, 75
Mayflower, 192
McCall, Daniel, 183
McConnell, Mitch, 105
McPherson, H. P., 204
Meadow, Richard, 33, 41, 42
Medes, 44, 45
Mediterranean Sea, 29, 47, 100
Melbourne, Lord, 113
Melville, Herman, 109, 198
Mencken, H. L., 152
Mercer, James, 194
Mesopotamia, 29, 32, 34, 36, 37–39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 71, 154
Mexico, 71, 73, 91, 93, 106, 213, 257
Mexico City, 3, 71
Miami, Fla., 181, 190, 191
Middle Ages, 117, 164
Middle East, 2, 28, 41, 44, 48, 152, 177, 257
millinery industry, 10
Ministry of Livestock Development, 249
Mitchel, John, 122
Mithras, 47, 153
Monograph of the Pheasants, The (Beebe), 7, 11
Monroe, James, 195
Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 13
Morton, Samuel George, 133
Mountaire Farms, 238
Mugabe, Robert, 158
Muhammad, Prophet, 46, 48
Muir, Edwin, vii
Muscovy duck, 22
Mutineers of the Bounty, The (Belcher), 110
Mwacharo, Joram, 145–46
My Fine Feathered Friend (Grimes), 239
Mystery of Easter Island, The (Routledge), 67
N
Nabonidus, king of Babylon, 45, 154
Nairobi, 248–49, 259
Napoleon, 132
Napoleonic wars, 110
Napoleon’s Council of State, 229
NASA, 1, 19, 20
Nashville, Tenn., 60, 105
National Audubon Society, 10
National Chicken Council, 217–18, 220, 236
National Institute of Animal Husbandry, 252
National Museum, 34
National Poultry Society, 197
National Register of Historic Places, 206
Native Americans, 33, 91, 92, 192
Natural History (Pliny the Elder), 169
Natural History Museum (London), 129, 143
Natural History of Birds, The (Buffon), 129
natural selection, 134, 138, 139, 142
Netherlands, 4, 56, 67, 69
New Delhi, 16, 17, 34, 36
New Guinea, 65, 83, 84
New Hampshires, 209–10
New York, N.Y., 125, 178, 180, 197, 202–3, 209, 221, 231
Jews in, 202–3, 206
New York Daily News, 180
New Yorker, 3, 218
New York state, 10, 20, 197, 198, 239
New York Times, 63, 69, 197, 202
New York Zoological Society, 10
New Zealand, 66, 73, 76, 84
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 50
Nigeria, 182, 183
Nile River, 29, 31, 45
Nixon, Richard, 18
Nolan, James Joseph, 124–25
North Carolina, 105, 203–4, 237
O
Ommeh, Sheila, 248–50, 252
On the Nature of Things (Carus), 154
On the Origin of Species (Darwin), 130, 141
Orlean, Susan, 3
Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History, and Management (Dixon), 65, 137
Orr, Yancey, 175
Orthodox Judaism, 179, 202
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 10–11
ostrich fowl, 113–14
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 110
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 193
Ozma of Oz (Baum), 239
P
Pacific Ocean, 65–66, 69–70, 75–77, 79, 82–84, 111–12
Pakistan, 16, 32, 33, 34, 35, 46, 51, 139, 144, 146
Paris, 61, 229, 233, 235
partridges, 34, 41, 131
Pasteur, Louis, 4, 61–62
Patel, Ajita, 33, 41
Paul, Apostle, 54
Peacham, Henry, 157
peacocks, 43, 200
peafowl, 131
Peel, Robert, 122
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 179
Pepys, Samuel, 102
Perdue, Frank, 213
Perdue Farms, 218, 224, 225, 226, 228
Perkins, Marlin, 21
Persian Empire, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51–53, 54, 101, 140, 153, 154, 156
Persian fowls, 140
Peter, Apostle, 47, 177
Peter, Saint, 154–56, 158
Peters, Joris, 39–42
Peterson, Town, 22, 23
pheasants, 10–12, 14, 15, 16, 24, 118, 131, 238
Philippine Moral Progress League, 94
Philippines, 83, 84–85, 86–98, 101, 141, 261
cockfighting in, 86–98, 107
Picasso, Pablo, 158, 230
Pichardo, Ernesto, 181–82, 189, 190, 191
Pierce, Howard, 208–9
Pigafetta, Antonio, 71, 91
pigeons, 120, 130, 134, 139, 184, 186, 189
Pilgrim’s Pride, 218
Pit Games, 97
Pizarro, Francisco, 72, 91
Plato, 50
Pliny, 55
Pliny the Elder, 163, 169, 200
Plymouth Rock, 199
Polo, Marco, 109
Polynesia, 66–70, 72, 73–74, 75–76, 77, 81–83
Polynesian expansion, 83–84
> Portugal, 71, 73
potato famine, 122–25
Poulet Rouge de Fermier du Piedmont, 237
Poultry Chronicle, The, 126, 127
Power, Tyrone, 240
Premack, David, 241
Progressive Farmer, 204, 206
Prosser, Gabriel, 195
Protestants, 94, 157
Proust, Marcel, 222–23
Punch, 127
Pura Penataran Agung Taman Bali, 173
Puritans, 151, 158
Pythagoras, 51, 228
Q
quail, 24, 33, 34, 131
Quetelet, Adolphe, 119
R
Ramses (the Great) II, Pharaoh, 30, 31, 83
Randolph, Ann Cary, 194
Randolph, Mr. and Mary, 195–96
Rangoon, 11, 140
Razorback Stadium, 207, 214
Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 202
red jungle fowl, 7–25, 26, 30, 32, 33–34, 40, 41, 42, 82, 98, 99, 111, 131, 133, 135, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 170, 241, 253, 261, 262–64
as ancestor of chicken, 25
introgression of, 22–23
wild and sensitive nature of, 24, 26, 27
red naked neck, 237
Regent’s Park, 112, 121
Rehnquist, William, 191
Rekhmire, vizier, 30
religious freedom, 181–82, 189, 190
Remembrance of Things Past (Proust), 222–23
Rhode Island Reds, 199, 229, 244, 249–50, 256
Rice, Mary Blair, 11
Richardson, Isaac, 20–21, 23, 26, 27
ring-necked pheasant, 15
Rizal, José, 93–94, 95
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 63
Rockwell, Norman, 105
Roenigk, Bill, 219–20, 227
Roman Empire, 32, 40, 46, 47, 54, 92, 101, 117, 141, 153, 155, 163, 175, 187, 196, 199–201
Roman Republic, 188–89
Rome, 154–55, 157
Roosevelt, Franklin, 15, 207, 244
Roosevelt, Theodore, 11
”Rooster King, The” (Hopler), 28
Roslin Institute, 64, 164–65
Rothschild, Lionel Walter, 129
Roundheads, 88
Rousseau, Jean–Jacques, 130
Routledge, Katherine, 67, 68
Royal Dublin Society, 123
Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting, The (Howlett), 86
Royal Sport, 102
rubber plantations, 10, 11
rumpless fowl, 143
Russia, 4, 41, 219
S
sacrifice, 47, 48, 50, 53–54, 117, 154, 171–72, 174–75, 176–80, 181, 185, 187, 203
legal controversy over, 181–82, 189, 190–91
origin of word, 189
Saint Peter’s Basilica, 155, 157
salmonella, 220, 259
Sanders, Harland, 196
Santeria, 181–82, 187, 189, 190, 191
Saramago, José, 149
Saudi Arabia, 221, 222, 254
Savannah River Site, 19, 20–21, 27
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