So we all know the riddle of what came first, the chicken or the egg??
Well it was the dinosaurs, but enough about that. The real question should be, where did chickens come from???
I mean, I cant remember seeing a nature program documenting the wild behaviour of a flock of chickens walking south for the winter…lets face it, someone would of seen them crossing all them roads ;)
Looking around the farm yard, we all know that pigs come from wild boars, goats are still found hiding up mountains, cows are some of relation of wildebeest or bison and then we come to sheep…..
Where the hell did sheep come from??? A big fluffy white jumper isn’t the easiest thing to hide in a field/wood/forest/jungle/ocean/sky…well sky yes, but its when pigs fly, not sheep, so them pigs better get them jumpers off them sheep and get flying.
If it wasn’t for farms I think it’s safe to say chickens and sheep would of gone the same way as the dodo…
So come on then, tell me where did chicken and sheep come from???

Well it's simple- some clouds fell out of the sky and you got sheep. As for chickens I think a caveman painted a rock white, did a little spell, sat on it and bam. Chickens!!! Then another guy started copying him but didn't have white paint, he had brown :)

I thought chickens actually evolved from dinosaurs, or at least dinosaurs were the chicken's super-old ancestors (the two-legged ones, anyway, like the T-Rex). Iono about sheep, though. I thought they were related to the goat and other similar hooved creatures.

Are you looking for a humorous response or a serious yet simple (not writing out the long answer) outline of the evolutionary biology of chicken and sheep kind of thing?

:eek: LOL @ duckie!!!

muhahahahhahha!!!! cloud dropped from the sky... muhahha! xD

i remembered i saw an article that chicken eggs come first through the evolution of DNA of non-chicken ..hmm?. No idea about sheep, but i believe it evolved from some creatures...

Are you looking for a humorous response or a serious yet simple (not writing out the long answer) outline of the evolutionary biology of chicken and sheep kind of thing?

Humour is always where the laughs are.
But if google has told you the answers so be it lol
Guessing darwin will of popped up and filled in the missing gap of the sheep evolution too

Add your own to the list of daft things that are here that dont make any sense if you want too :)

That reminds me of a joke....

A chicken and an egg are lying in bed smoking, and the chicken says..."Well, that settles that question then......"

Humour is always where the laughs are.
But if google has told you the answers so be it lol
Guessing darwin will of popped up and filled in the missing gap of the sheep evolution too

Add your own to the list of daft things that are here that dont make any sense if you want too :)

Darwin only proposed a mechanism of evolution, he did not make the theory himself. I'll give it a shot.

Chickens evolved from pillows and sheep from blankets. Everyone has (or should have) an animal in their bed.

That is exactly what I told the judge but he still sentenced me. :cry:

lmao @ this thread!

I thought that sheep were goats which were domesticated a few million years ago, and then 'artificially' evolved into sheep through managed breeding etc.

Chickens.. hmm.. they are a bit weird, aren't they? And turkeys, come to that - what the heck?

One great evolutionary biologist said once about rabbits and chickens:

"sucks to be everybody else's food"

And turkeys, come to that - what the heck?

Origin: wild bird, native to the Americas... still wild in many places.

Want to come here and kill one for dinner? It can be arranged, there are a few just down the road from my house.

Or, you could come and visit and I will get you one from the store... lol

One great evolutionary biologist said once about rabbits and chickens:

"sucks to be everybody else's food"

I'm too old and stringy to worry about it. :razz:

Kenneth Clark, a great art historian, Director of the National Gallery, Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, and a known appreciator of the female form, once addressed the Institute of Biology in London. He began his remarks with "I may not know much about biology but I know what I like." :biggrin:

I HAS PET CHICKS!!!!:eek:

I thought sheep were like goats but had a thick coat due to them usually living in the hills. As for chickens, they were created by Colonel Sanders in his underground laboratory so he could deep fry them and sell them for money.

Chickens make awesome pets. Cleaning up is a problem but otherwise, lovely animals.

Same with ducks ;)