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Hmmm, roughly doubling in size every 20-30 years. Fortunately it should be at least a few centuries before we really have to worry.
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So why does the one on the right have the thing on its head and the others dont
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In the 1950s, a competition was held to create the "chicken of tomorrow" through selective breeding. This is the path that got us to the modern broiler chicken. Unlike their recent ancestors (and much unlike their distant ones) these birds grow so large so quickly that they are prone to health issues and disease.
This is a quick and interesting read: https://exhibits.library.cornell.edu/backyard-revival-american-heritage-poultry/feature/the-chicken-of-tomorrow
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I'm pretty sure that's a really the same chicken 3 times. I've raised quite a few chickens and grew up around neighbors raising them, though the grayscale makes it hard to be sure.
As someone else pointed out: the comb (head piece) is missing from the first 2 pictures:
Pic 1 looks like a chicken at maybe a month old or so, maybe a bit younger?
Pic 2 is 3ish months
Pic 3 is 6-8 months, basically adult
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I love this meme, makes me laugh every time!
"You mean super ultra mega chicken? Shh! He is legend!"
in a few years you’ll be able to feed a whole family with just one chicken
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At some point it looks like a final boss, towering over us with laser eyes and an angry Dr. Wily shouting obscenities piloting it.
What if chickens seem simple because they share a single hive mind?
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That's not just any chicken, that's The Chicken of Tomorrow!
So it's a ghoul then.
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Quick mafs.
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If all adult chickens had to live with the "1957" version which I understand to only be a young chicken, then I think we'd be screwed. Remember these things are the descendants of dinosaurs. A rooster that lean, in it's adult stage, would likely fuck you up more than a jackrabbit with the untrimmed nails of a lop-ear. And be almost as agile in avoiding your retaliations. Like geese and fast zombies shacked up.
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Birds are basically today’s lizards and like most lizards can live a very long time and grow throughout their lives. When you think about how big alligators can get in a similar amount of time, it isn’t surprising that chickens can also.
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