Chickens

Chickens are a breed of bird; commonly referred to as poultry. Their primary purpose in life is to serve as a source of food for larger order animals, namely us. Female chickens are called hens, while male chickens are called roosters, or cocks (go ahead and laugh). Roosters bump uglies with hens to produce eggs, which is a very convenient side effect of chicken mating. Without it, we would not have Egg McMuffins. Of course, the meat of a chicken itself can be consumed in any matter of methods. It can be friend or grilled, diced up for chicken salad and even made into soup. As chickens are so plentiful, their meat is a fairly inexpensive source of protein and are thus popular in nearly every culture. Vampires also find chickens useful, especially roosters. Old tradition had it that when a vampire heard the crow of a rooster, it knew that dawn was coming and it had to hie away back to it's coffin.