Chickens News
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Scientists have been tracking the environmental footprint of Canadian egg products and looking at the optimal models of farming to reduce environmental impacts. The model has utilized digital technology.
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Stockholm -
Behind the rage of plumage color and patterning on the feathers of birds is genetics. The precise mechanisms have proved elusive to researchers, until now. Two independent gene mutations reveal the barring pattern in chickens.
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A discarded chicken bone, human teeth marks clearly etched into it from a meal thousands of years ago, is physical proof of the introduction of domesticated chickens on the African continent, researchers have confirmed.
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If you're worried about mosquito bites, or live in an area at risk from malaria, then sleeping with a chicken might be the answer. A point of scientific research are the compounds in chicken feathers.
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Eugene -
Oregon police learned a lesson in chicken wrangling on Wednesday when a disgruntled man left seven of the birds in a rather unusual place — the office of the Oregon Department of Revenue.
Police describe the man as "angry" at the department.
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An overweight 100-year-old crocodile in south-western Bangladesh has died from overfeeding caused by eating too many chickens and goats that were thrown to it by worshippers believing they would get good luck.
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Bird flu appears to be on the rise across North America. Farmers detect H5N8 in a commercial turkey flock in California, while Canadian officials document the first known human importation of H7N9 to the country.
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Like humans, baby birds visualize increasing numbers from left to right, according to a new study looking into whether this similar trait in humans is learned or innate.
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Beijing -
Scientists have demonstrated how changes in a flu virus common to Chinese poultry farms triggered the rise of the novel avian H7N9 influenza A virus that has sickened hundreds of people since 2013.
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Washington -
The food poisoning bacterium Campylobacter is relatively hardy in many kitchens. New research shows that the robustness is boosted by "chicken juice."
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London -
The U.K. Food Standards Agency have issued a survey of Campylobacter found on fresh shop-bought chickens. Over half of the chickens sampled were found to be infected.
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The Chinese government has reported the first two human cases of H10N8 avian influenza. One case is linked to the death of a 73-year-old woman.
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It has been revealed that a woman who was hospitalized in Taiwan after she developed a high fever, cough and shortness of breath, was the victim of a rare strain of 'bird flu'.
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A leading Canadian animal rights group has released secretly-shot video footage of cruelty and abuse of chickens at two Alberta farms.
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Scientists are concerned with both the use of antibiotic resistant bacteria in farming and the spread of bacteria in the food chain. A new genetic method is now available to help study the latest trends.
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A Salmonella outbreak which has led to more than 300 people becoming ill, across the U.S., has been linked to a hatchery in New Mexico that sells live baby chickens, ducks and other poultry by mail.
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At least that was the case in one U.S. state. A study of raw, whole chickens purchased from farmers markets throughout Pennsylvania contained significantly higher levels of bacteria.
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The video is a selection of clips from the film "Samsara" (which is a Tibetan word meaning "the wheel of life") which show how our food is mass-produced in automated fashion, from living, breathing, feeling creatures, for our consumption.
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Fredericksburg -
A chicken farm in Pennsylvania is using oregano oil as a natural way to ward off bacterial infections in its chickens. The company says it feels they are "on to something" by using this herb as part of its preventative practices against disease.
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Delmar -
Tens of thousands of chickens are dead after a man purportedly shut off the power to numerous chicken houses on a Maryland farm. He is also alleged to have been drunk at the time of the incident.
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Two years after first creating a stir with an advertising campaign, French brand Loué chickens has, once again, been the subject of clucking disapproval from a French police chief.
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Beef consumers who were shocked to discover they were routinely eating pink slime now must face news that the chicken industry also routinely feeds chickens with reprocessed chicken feathers, which tested positive for arsenic and other ingredients.
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A tiny village in North West France has come up with a novel waste disposal scheme combining cost saving, environmental and social benefits.
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Lawrence -
Amber Hansen, a Kansas-based artist, has been blocked by a city ordinance from slaughtering chickens as part of a controversial art project.
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Turlock -
In a disturbing situation, approximately 50,000 chickens were found dying at an egg farm outside of Modesto, Calif. last week.
Officials say the tens of thousands of hens were starving, and had not been fed or given water in about two weeks.
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Thousands of chickens and turkeys at farms in North Carolina and Kansas died as temperatures soared to around 43C (110F) this week.
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The animal activist group PETA has taken issue with a New Brunswick monastery over how the monks are caring for the livestock on the monastery's farm.
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The City of Charlottetown has no problem with backyard chickens, but are watching a flock of a dozen birds in Lewis Point Park.
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The chairman of the British Free Range Producers’ Association claims eating larger eggs is unkind to hens, and urges consumers to eat medium ones instead.
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Nepalese authorities have begun slaughtering thousands of poultry and disposing of their carcasses in response to an outbreak of bird flu.
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Map showing where the ancient farming village was in Ethiopia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
The new ad campaign for free-range Loué chickens that has so offended some French police chiefs Facebook Fermiers de Loué
A chicken market in Xining, China. M M (Padmanaba01)
The chickens getting used to their temporary digs. YouTube screen grab TimeToKnow
A hen chicken (Gallus gallus) Image: By Thegreenj
Transporting poultry by bicycle in Suzhou, China. Gérald Tapp
A red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) crowing on a tree in the light of morning. Phillip Picart
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