Chichei
| Chichei | |
|---|---|
| English gloss | chicken (farm bird) (translation, not identification) |
| Role | Food |
| Where found | Yards, coops against walls, waystation enclosures, everywhere |
| Kept / wild | Kept; engineered |
| Used for | Eggs all year; meat |
| Lexicon | Chichei |
Chichei are farm birds — larger than one might expect, broad-bodied, short-legged, calm, and tolerant of confinement. They lay all year rather than seasonally, which makes them one of the most important farm animals in the world: cheap to feed, reliable, and the easy protein of even the poorest household in every city. They are kept in yards, coops against walls, and waystation enclosures everywhere with little thought given to them. Everyone who keeps them has lost one to a Tyvra and has a theory about it.
Hidden truth — not known in Teraell
Year-round laying is a pre-Fall genetic modification, unchanged since it was made.