Where did the chicken come from?

Hey guys! My first post is going to be on where the chicken came from!
     The chicken as we know it originated from the red and grey jungle fowl. These little guys are similar to pheasants and found mostly in the south east corner of Asia in places such as India, southern China and the Philippians. People in these areas started to domesticate these critters around 7000 years ago!
     Like chickens today they were used for meat and eggs but were very valuable. But the main reason they were bread was for cock fighting. People had major tournaments and was a major betting game.
     Chickens started heading south for cock fighting next. They turned up in Egypt around 1400 BC.
Around 2000 years after the first chickens were domesticated they reached Romania, Turkey Greece and Ukraine. Then chickens went mainstream when they arrived in the roman empire around 50BC. The Romans brought chickens everywhere they went. They were pretty easy to transport, you could collect eggs when you had settled or eat the chicken when you were on the move!
      People aren't to sure on how the chicken entered the rest of Africa though. Some people think it was from the Romans conquering north Africa, others say it was from Egypt and others say it was from Indian traders late on.
     When people discovered America the chicken was the obvious choice of animal to bring with you! It was small and compact for travelling on a bout and produced nutritious eggs and tasty meat! The chicken multiplied in America and spread all over the continent.
     This is why chickens have a worldwide population of over 25 billion today! I hope you found this interesting and you'll check up on the next post!