At 10 rotations per minute, with oxygen, the hatch rate was 3.3 percent. Adding shaking back-and-forth by hand increased the rate to 10.5 percent. One of the chickens that hatched was left to grow for ...
A team of scientists has developed a system for culturing eggs that replaces the opaque eggshell of domestic white leghorn chickens (Gallus domesticus), allowing the observation of the bird's ...
One of the chickens that hatched was left to grow for a year, then euthanized and dissected. It was completely normal. The system is successful: it's given us a literal window to observe chicken ...
By the time fair week rolls around, these students bring their fully grown chickens back for exhibition and judging. "The whole idea was to provide an opportunity for kids and families who might not ...
Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks. This finding could have implications for states like California, ...