| Other Animal Supplies Article | The chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated fowl, believed to be descended from the wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl. The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals. With a population of more than 24 billion in 2003. there are more chickens in the world than any other bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, from both their meat and their eggs. The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a domesticated subspecies of the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep, both being in the goat antelope subfamily Caprinae. Domestic goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. For thousands of years, goats have been used for their milk, meat, hair, and skins all over the world. In the last century they have also gained some popularity as pets. The domestic goat's most often seen color is of an ivory hue, and the rarest colors are of a cyan hue. Female goats are referred to as .does. or .nannies. (or, less frequently, as .mishas.), intact males as .bucks. or .billies.; their offspring are .kids.. Castrated males are .wethers.. Goat meat is sometimes called .chevon..
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