Chicken, capon, roasting chicken, squab chicken, fryer, stewing hen, rooster… Gallus gallus has been part of our daily diet since earliest times. France’s Henri IV proclaimed his wish that no peasant in his kingdom would go without a chicken in the pot each Sunday.

Chickens have been domesticated for more than 3500 years and today there are birds that proudly bear labels guaranteeing their origin and provenance.