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Factory Farming and its Dire Consequences
Farmed Chickens Factory farming also encourages, in the long run, drug-resistant bacteria. Farm Sanctuary The ills of factory farming reach beyond the ethical as immunologists grow increasingly...
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Funky Chicken
Funky ChickenTomás Pais de Azevedo (See it bigger!)Following bird development from egg to hen To create this image, which won the popular vote in the 2008 Nikon Small World contest, 22-year-old Tomás...
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Funky Chicken
Funky ChickenTomás Pais de Azevedo (See it bigger!)Following bird development from egg to hen To create this image, which won the popular vote in the 2008 Nikon Small World contest, 22-year-old Tomás...
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Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken
Dinochicken The experimentation has gotten out of hand. Somebody call the Colonel, only he can save us now via James GurneyWhen I was a kid, the only animal I wanted for a pet was a dinosaur. Seeing as...
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Organic Feed Shown to Affect Genes in Chickens
How Diet Affects Chickens Do you know what's happening with your chickens, Mr. Fox? USDAGenetic expression differed based solely on whether the same feed ingredients were cultivated organically or not...
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New Genetically Modified Chickens Can't Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say
Flu Fighting Rooster This transgenic fowl would still die from bird flu, but it wouldn't be able to pass it on to its cagemates. Norrie Russell/Courtesy Roslin InstituteThey still get sick and die;...
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Baby Chicks Reject Escher-esque Impossible Shapes
Baby ChickWikimedia CommonsAre baby birds' brains hard-wired for 3-D perception? Understanding the difference between what's right and what's wrong - at least when it comes to the three-dimensional...
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Video: Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
Mayekawa Chicken DebonerDigInfoTen times speedier than the deftest human butchers The fastest human butchers can fully debone about 150 chickens per hour. That's a lot of chickens! But the new Mayekawa...
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You've Never Seen Chickens Look This Human
Black Japanese Bantam CockBlack Japanese Bantam CockClass: Single Comb Clean Legged Other Than Game BantamsOrigin: JapanTamara StaplesPeculiar portraits of championship chickens, by award-winning...
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Factory Farming and its Dire Consequences
Farmed Chickens Factory farming also encourages, in the long run, drug-resistant bacteria. Farm Sanctuary One of the dire consequences of factory farming is that it encourages the spread of disease...
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Funky Chicken
Funky Chicken Tomás Pais de Azevedo (See it bigger!) To create this image, which won the popular vote in the 2008 Nikon Small World contest, 22-year-old Tomás Pais de Azevedo, a graduate student in...
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Scientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken
Dinochicken The experimentation has gotten out of hand. Somebody call the Colonel, only he can save us now via James GurneyWhen I was a kid, the only animal I wanted for a pet was a dinosaur. Seeing...
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Organic Feed Shown to Affect Genes in Chickens
How Diet Affects Chickens Do you know what's happening with your chickens, Mr. Fox? USDA According to a new study, organic feed produces measurably different gene expression in chickens compared to...
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New Genetically Modified Chickens Can't Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say
Flu Fighting Rooster This transgenic fowl would still die from bird flu, but it wouldn't be able to pass it on to its cagemates. Norrie Russell/Courtesy Roslin Institute Future chicken cutlets may...
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Baby Chicks Reject Escher-esque Impossible Shapes
Baby Chick Wikimedia Commons Understanding the difference between what's right and what's wrong — at least when it comes to the three-dimensional structure of objects — may be hard-wired from birth,...
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Video: Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
Mayekawa Chicken Deboner DigInfo The fastest human butchers can fully debone about 150 chickens per hour. That's a lot of chickens! But the new Mayekawa Automatic Chicken Deboner easily bests it,...
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You've Never Seen Chickens Look This Human
Black Japanese Bantam Cock Black Japanese Bantam Cock Class: Single Comb Clean Legged Other Than Game Bantams Origin: Japan Tamara Staples View Photo GalleryClick here to enter the galleryWho's the...
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Find A Blue Chicken Egg? Congrats, Your Chicken Has A Virus
Colored Chicken Eggs Wikimedia Commons Here in the U.S., our eggs mostly come in two colors: white and brown. But there are two breeds, one in Chile and one in China, that are known to lay blue eggs....
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Chickens Wear Prosthetic Dinosaur Tails, For Science
The humble chicken is distantly related to the T. rex. This raises an important scientific question: How could we make chickens walk like they're little dinosaurs? A new study provides the equally...
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If you've ever wondered how boneless chicken parts end up that way, take a peek inside one of the 4,000 or so poultry processing plants in the U.S. Workers man massive assembly lines to scald, pluck,...
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