Heath Hen was the first thanksgiving meal, not Turkey! Heath Hen - Animal Analysis

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Heath hens would've been cool to see. I wonder why they weren't farmed like turkeys, chickens, and ducks though....

[@SenDrevScience]

I think since heath hen were smaller, and stigmatized as poor man's food, farming them never really caught on. Then once chicken reached the new world there was no demand, as chickens lay more eggs, are larger, and lacked that social stigma, plus by the 1800s the heath hen was already rapidly declining due to hunting.

[@NarutoUzumaki-sb3np]

@SenDrevScience oh, that makes sense i guess.