One of the unique characteristics of the Whiting True Blue chicken breed is its ability to lay eggs consistently. They are ...

Chickens that lay blue eggs are no different. They produce eggs at different rates, molt at other times, and develop a pecking order early on in their development. This behavior is also ...

These chickens have a human gene that enables them to lay eggs containing useful drugs Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some ...

Egg-laying hens who are forced to spend their entire lives in cages should be banned, some of the leading food companies have said. Currently eight-million birds are kept this way in the UK - with ...

Transgenic chickens are kept in spacious pens, where they are expected to lay eggs as normal. We meet the medicine makers of tomorrow in a secure facility at the Institute. Dozens of transgenic ...

More than 4 million egg-laying hens died or were euthanized after a bird flu outbreak in Iowa last week, representing 12% of ...

Although the vast majority of laying hens are still confined in row after row of cramped, barren “battery” cages stacked one on top of the other, an industry transformation is underway. AWI and other ...

More than 40% of the nation's roughly 300 million egg-laying hens are raised in cage-free facilities, but roughly 60% of "bird flu" cases recently detected involved cage-free farms. "After two ...

Save time in the kitchen by 'butterflying' chicken breasts to cook quickly with this easy dish from The Hairy Bikers that's ready in 20 minutes. To butterfly the chicken breasts, lay them on a ...

Long before chickens arrived, dinosaurs and other land-dwelling vertebrates were laying eggs with hardened shells. However, when we shift the question to the "chicken egg," things get a little ...