Chickens

H5N1 Discovered at Texas Egg Facility
Cal-Main Foods reported that H5N1 was discovered at its Texas egg facility in Parmer County, Texas. 1.6 million hens and 337,000 pullets were culled as a result. (2024-04-02)

Scientists Say Chickens Are Intelligent, Caring and Complex
Scientists say chickens are very smart birds. They say they are intelligent, caring and complex creatures. (2017-01-05)

Baby Chicks Prefer Smaller Numbers on the Left
Scientists have discovered that baby chicks prefer smaller numbers on the left. (2015-01-31)

New State of Matter Found in Chicken's Eye
Scientists have discovered a new state of matter, called disordered hyperuniformity, in the eye of a chicken. (2014-02-25)

Scientists Raise Chickens With Artificial Tails to Learn How Dinosaurs Walked
Scientists raised chickens with artificial tails in an attempt to learn more about how dinosaurs may have walked. (2014-02-09)

Company Develops Jackets for Chickens
A company named Omlet has developed high-visibility jackets for chickens that keep them ware and make them easier to see. (2014-01-19)

7 Year Study Finds Greater Prairie Chickens Not Greatly Affected by Wind Power
A seven year study has found that greater prairie chickens are not greatly affected by wind power. (2013-07-11)

Scientists Wake Up Chicken Embryo Brains
Researchers managed to arouse a chicken embryo inside an egg by exposing it to a sound that would have meaning after its birth, such as the sound of a chicken warning others of danger. (2012-05-14)

Peta Announces In-Vitro Chicken Meat Contest
PETA is offering a $1 million prize to the first contest participant able to create in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. (2008-04-24)

Wild Key West Chickens to be Rounded Up
Bird flu fears may mean an end to freedom for the popular of wild chickens that live in Key West, Florida. (2006-05-02)