how come you can have game birds rare but not chicken?

Answer 1

This is only a guess mate, I recon chicken like pork are both white meats so have to be cooked well.

Game birds are a dark meat and dark meat usually you can eat rare like beef.

Please don't take my answer as true, but I think I may be right.

Answer 2

Game birds are not white meat like chickens

Answer 3

may be because most chickens are tamed so they get all conditions for for reproduction.

Answer 4

emmm salmonella?