page_title: Feral chicken
hierarchical_section_title: Feral chicken
caption_attribution_description: English: Feral rooster on Kauaʻi
context_page_description: Feral chickens are derived from domestic chickens who have returned to the wild. Like the red junglefowl, feral chickens will take flight and roost in tall trees and bushes in order to avoid predators at night.
  Feral chickens typically form social groups composed of a dominant cockerel, several hens, and subordinate cocks. Sometimes the dominant cockerel is designated by a fight between cocks.
context_section_description: Feral chickens are derived from domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) who have returned to the wild. Like the red junglefowl (the closest wild relative of domestic chickens), feral chickens will take flight and roost in tall trees and bushes in order to avoid predators at night.
  Feral chickens typically form social groups composed of a dominant cockerel, several hens, and subordinate cocks. Sometimes the dominant cockerel is designated by a fight between cocks.
caption: A feral rooster on the island of Kauai
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