Archeologists excavating in the southern Judean plain have found that chicken and eggs, were raised and consumed in the town of Maresha, around 300 BCE, well before any other antiquity sites. Once the Romans reached Maresha, chickens became a culinary craze throughout the Empire.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/sorry-colonel-israel-had-real-original-recipe-chicken-research-shows/