The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has supported a chicken (Gallus gallus) genome sequencing project that produced of 6-fold whole genome shotgun sequence coverage of the chicken genome. The resulting sequence assembly was completed in March 2004 (See the press release).
AvianNET [chicken-genome.org]- An additional source for information on the development of a wide range of genomic and genetic resources related to the chicken.