Desert Chickensaur

I know there were actually many humoristic to negative comments and articles about "chickensaurs" and the intention to make them real. 
But actually I like the idea quite a lot, not because I want chickens back in their coelurosaurian state but because the understanding of the epigenetic triggers in the DNA of an bird will give us an better understanding of how non-avian theropods became modern avian theropods. A chickensaur may be just a byproduct of such research and maybe a way to finance it

One day those new species will actually be banned from Earth and the Solar System overall. Animals like chickensaurs will labeled as synthetic invasive animals (SIA) and are just permitted to exist inside the walls of laboratories.
But times change, and the first human colony planet outside our own system need a complete new fauna and flora, a opportunity hard to miss when you are a scientist with big plans and a fable for long time experiments. 

Chickensaurs, or sometimes just called Horners by locals, were introduced to Nea as small to middle sized carnivores/omnivores.
The Desert Chickensaur is the biggest sub-species/race and a common sight in the semiarid and arid plains of this planet. Thanks to one or two other modifications these animals thrive in their new habitat and are a popular source of proteins among the human population and other predators.

The subspecies name "manufactius" is common with all epigenetically altered species and less genetically altered ones.

Here more information about Nea and another species from that planet: hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/a…