Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, in order Anseriformes, commonly known as "waterfowl" and including domestic ducks and domestic geese. Poultry also includes other birds that are killed for their meat, such as the young of pigeons (known as squabs) but does not include similar wild birds hunted for sport or food and known as game. The word "poultry" comes from the French/Norman word poule, itself derived from the Latin word pullus, which means small animal. 

The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago. This may have originally been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild, but later involved keeping the birds permanently in captivity. Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first and quail kept for their songs, but soon it was realised how useful it was having a captive-bred source of food. Selective breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility took place over the centuries, and modern breeds often look very different from their wild ancestors. Although some birds are still kept in small flocks in extensive systems, most birds available in the market today are reared in intensive commercial enterprises. Poultry is the second most widely eaten type of meat globally and, along with eggs, provides nutritionally beneficial food containing high-quality protein accompanied by a low proportion of fat. All poultry meat should be properly handled and sufficiently cooked in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
When was poultry first domesticated?
Why might people have kept quail in captivity before using them for nourishment?
What about chickens?
Are today's chickens virtually the same as their ancestors?
What did breeders look for when breeding?
How can one avoid food poisoning when eating poultry?
How is the term poultry defined?
Are pidgeons considered poultry?
What are they sometimes alternatively called?
From which language is "poultry" derived?
Which means?
In what language originally?
Which scientific order includes both chickens and turkeys?
Which is a subcategory of which superorder?
How are most birds raised today?
Globally, where does poultry rank as a meat source?
Are chickens and eggs a high source of fat?
What nuitritonal benefit do they have?
Originally, where did people find birds to raise?
several thousand years ago.
The domestication of poultry took place several thousand years ago.
for their songs
Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first and quail kept for their songs
for cockfighting
Domesticated chickens may have been used for cockfighting at first 
no
and modern breeds often look very different from their wild ancestors
fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility
 Selective breeding for fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility 
by properly handling and sufficiently cooking
 All poultry meat should be properly handled and sufficiently cooked in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets.
Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets.
yes
 Poultry also includes other birds that are killed for their meat, such as the young of pigeons 
squabs
young of pigeons (known as squabs
the French/Norman word poule
 The word "poultry" comes from the French/Norman word poule
small animal
 itself derived from the Latin word pullus, which means small animal
Latin
the Latin word pullus, which means small animal.
Galliformes
especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys)
Galloanserae
These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl),
in intensive commercial enterprises.
most birds available in the market today are reared in intensive commercial enterprises.
second
 Poultry is the second most widely eaten type of meat globally
no
 provides nutritionally beneficial food containing high-quality protein accompanied by a low proportion of fat.
they contain high-quality protein
 provides nutritionally beneficial food containing high-quality protein
eggs collected from the wild
y been as a result of people hatching and rearing young birds from eggs collected from the wild