-
+16 +1
How a shipping error 100 years ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry
The accidental origins of the chicken on your plate, explained.
-
+14 +2
Ayam cemani chicken is black-boned with black organs and meat.
The Ayam cemani chicken is maybe the most colored species on the planet. The bird’s bones are a startling blue-ish black, just like its feathers, beak, comb, tongue, and toes. Even the meat of the chicken appears to have been soaked in squid ink.
-
+1 +1
Columbian Brahma Chickens
Dark and Light were the original two color variants, but more color variants have been introduced since the 1920s. The first was Buff Columbian brahma chickens
-
+4 +1
Chicken Coop Crusaders
At least 20 municipalities have changed local laws to allow backyard chicken coops since the pandemic started.
-
+12 +1
We are living on "the planet of the chickens," says this scientist
The humble chicken is dominating the planet, with more than 23 billion walking the earth at any one time.
-
+16 +1
Why the chicken is a symbol of our times
With around 23 billion chickens on the planet at any one time, the bird is a symbol of our times, say scientists.
-
+19 +1
Read this and you may never eat chicken again
Most meat animals are raised with the assistance of daily doses of antibiotics. By 2050, antibiotic resistance will cause a staggering 10 million deaths a year
-
+24 +1
Fowl Play: The Trial of a Sorcerous Swiss Rooster
“You can be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next” – Frank McManus. By Aaron Dabbah.
-
+23 +1
Saving Chickens, Saving Myself
The author on depression, her relationship with her aunt, and the importance of being seen. By Christine Hyung-Oak Lee.
-
+9 +1
Meet Percival the peacock: Defender of chickens, protector of the farm
Do not ruffle this birds' feathers. By Elise Cooper.
-
+41 +1
This Poultry Database Tells You Exactly How Well Your Dinner Was Treated
Is "free-range" or "pasture-fed" better? Now you can cut through the mess of marketing claims and take responsibility for the meat you eat.
-
+21 +1
First 'KFC' to open in Iran shut down after just 24 hours
A KFC-branded fried chicken restaurant that opened its doors Sunday night in Iran's capital city of Tehran was shut down after just one day in operation.
-
+37 +1
41,000 chickens suffocate at prison farm during power outage
More than 41,000 chickens suffocated after power was knocked out at the Cummins Unit's poultry farm, a prison official reported Monday. A tractor driver hit poles at the farm in August, resulting in a seven-hour power outage, Arkansas Department of Correction Director Wendy Kelley wrote in her monthly report to the board Monday.
-
+25 +1
America's top restaurant chains, ranked by antibiotic use
Here's how Starbucks, Subway, McDonalds, and other popular eateries fared.
-
+52 +1
Tyson Foods Under Fire As Second Video Shows Chicken Abuse
Tyson Foods is under fire again after a new undercover video depicts inhumane abuse at a chicken facility in Texas. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal rights group, went under cover for 21 days to document the cruelty. “The chickens were brought in on a conveyor belt that were covered in dirt and feces. The conditions in the live hang are filthy and horrendous for both the people and the animals. When the conveyor belt turned on...
-
+15 +1
Will the worst bird flu outbreak in US history finally make us reconsider factory farming chicken?
The outbreak has required that farmers resort to fire-extinguisher foam to kill off infected flocks. Can commercial farms protect themselves, or is US chicken farming fundamentally unsustainable?
-
+15 +1
Why did the chicken cross the world?
How a massive breeding contest turned a rarely eaten backyard bird into the technological marvel that feeds the world
-
+19 +1
This is how KFC actually makes their fried chicken from beginning to end
We've seen beyond the greasy curtain of fast food and discovered how KFC actually makes fried chicken from the raw animal to the final product that gets put into buckets and double downs at their stores. It's basically like how your grandma would do it—except they use an infernal magic machine called "pressure frier."
-
+24 +1
Chickens have gotten ridiculously large since the 1950s
The one on the left is a breed from 1957. The middle one is a 1978 breed. And the one on the right is a commercial 2005 breed called the Ross 308 broiler. They're all the same age. And the modern breed is much, much, much larger.
-
+6 +1
Giving Chickens Bacteria ... To Keep Them Antibiotic-Free
You know those foods and pills that promise to supply your body with "good bacteria?" They may or may not make you healthier, but some of these "probiotics" do, in fact, appear to be effective in chickens. Poultry companies are turning to probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics, which have become increasingly controversial.
Submit a link
Start a discussion