Sure to grab the prize for the cockiest day of the year, March 19 is National Poultry Day. If fowl jokes aren’t your fancy, spoiler warning, this entry might ruffle your feathers. With roots of Cockfighting found in Persia from nearly 6,000 years ago, it’s believed that domestication of birds began between 7,000 and 10,000 years ago. Somewhere along the line, the idea was had to not just pit the birds against each other in bouts of epic plumage, but to also consume them as an excellent source of protein. You might say someone decided just to wing it. But enough clucking around — let’s get into the meat of this most excellent day.
