Franklin Park Zoo is Sold Out through Friday, April 23. Stone Zoo is Sold Out through Saturday, April 24. We hope you can visit on another day!
Know Before You Go: We've modified the Zoo experience in accordance with public guidance and health recommendations. Please review our FAQs (FPZ and SZ) before your visit. Members: Online reservations are required for your visit.
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Gallus
Species: gallus domesticus
Domestic chickens are found wherever humans keep them. They have had much of their behavior bred out of them by the domestication process. They are now less capable of fending off predators, for instance, and less aggressive toward each other.