Roosters

David Shepherd



david shepherd roosters, mounted
Roosters
Signed Limited Edition of 850
Image Size:- 8.5" x 15.5"
Published 1982
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Originally raised for cockfighting or for special ceremonies, chickens were not kept for food until the Hellenistic period (4th-2nd centuries BC).
Humans now keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and as pets.
Chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018, up from more than 19 billion in 2011.
There are more chickens in the world than any other bird. There are numerous cultural references to chickens - in myth, folklore and religion, and in language and literature.
Genetic studies have pointed to multiple maternal origins in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, but the clade found in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa originated from the Indian subcontinent.
From ancient India, the chicken spread to Lydia in western Asia Minor, and to Greece by the 5th century BC.
Fowl have been known in Egypt since the mid-15th century BC, with the "bird that gives birth every day" having come from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to the annals of Thutmose III.

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