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'''Chicken''' is the name used by many [[Roshar]]an
▲'''Chicken''' is the name used by many [[Roshar]]an languages -- except the [[Shin]] and the [[Unkalaki]] -- to refer to all species of birds.{{wob ref|1415}} Only some are what would be called chickens in any other part of the [[cosmere]].{{wob ref|8346}} The term coming to mean all birds is a result of [[Vorin]] languages tending towards generalization, similar to how all alcohols became wines and all small creatures became [[cremling]]s.{{wob ref|3978}}
Chickens are not native to [[Roshar]], but were brought to the planet during the initial human migration from [[Ashyn]].{{wob ref|12228}} They live mainly in [[Shinovar]]
Most easterners have a very poor understanding of the anatomy and behavior of chickens.{{book ref|sa2|55}} By the time of the [[True Desolation]], more people began to recognize the differences between various species of birds, but the term chicken was still firmly entrenched in the Vorin vernacular.{{book ref|sa2|45}}{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
== Uses ==
Chickens are often edible, and are therefore an export of Shinovar.{{book ref|sa1|22}} [[Vstim]] trades with [[Thresh]] (and
Very expensive arrows may be fletched with chicken feathers.{{wob ref|12838}} The elder [[Tanalan's father|Tanalan]] wore decorative feathers on his battle helm, which Dalinar found odd.{{book ref|sa3|11}} Since wild geese live in the Horneater Peaks, [[Unkalaki]] arrows are often fletched with geese feathers{{book ref|sa3|37}} and the [[Unkalaki#language|Unkalaki language]] has a word for goose.{{wob ref|8891}}
== Notable
* [[Jeksonofnone]], a bright green chicken brought by a [[Thaylen]] merchant to the [[Middlefest Fair]] which could say its name upon command.{{book ref|sa2|45}}
* [[Mraize]] owns an [[Aviar]] which is referred to as a 'green chicken' by Shallan.{{wob ref|8807}}
* [[Lift]] finds another Aviar, a
* [[Shallan]] observes a 'chicken' with red, blue, and green feathers when she is at the Shattered Plains menagerie with [[Adolin]] and [[Kaladin]].{{book ref|sa2|55}}
== Trivia ==
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== Notes ==
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