Radical 又

7 strokes

鷄

right hand 又 (52) + bird 鸟 (678a) = chicken 鸡

[一只鸡 (1, 254) yì zhī jī a bird]

The farmer’s daughter solemnly shakes hands with each bird before it leaves — no chicken is allowed to go for slaughter until she has done this. / The giant loads them onto his jeep to drive them away.

鳥

There are two characters for “bird”: this one and the one we have called “pigeon” (501a). traditionally these are said to apply to long-tailed birds and short-tailed birds respectively.