The chicken is a descendant of the Southeast Asian red jungle fowl first
domesticated in India around 2000 B.C. Most of the birds raised for meat in
America today are from the Cornish (a British breed) and the White Rock
(a breed developed in New England).
Broiler-fryers, roasters, stewing/baking hens, capons and Rock Cornish hens are all chickens. The following are definitions for these: