Last-minute cage bill harms chickens Regarding “Dispute over chicken cages brings debate back to lawmakers” (News, June 14), some lawmakers, at the behest of one company, have rushed through a last-minute bill to postpone one of Rhode Island’s most important laws addressing animal cruelty. The law, passed overwhelmingly in 2018, simply required egg companies to […]
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From chickens to foxes, here’s how bird flu is spreading across the US
A bird flu outbreak that has infiltrated six continents and is wreaking havoc in U.S. farms is among a group of avian influenza flu viruses first described in Italy in 1878 as a “fowl plague.” This outbreak, from a strain that emerged among poultry flocks and wild birds in Europe in the fall of 2020, […]
Bark! Meow! Cluck! NASA uses lasers to beam pictures of pet dogs, cats and chickens to the ISS
Since the advent of the Space Age, we’ve always relied on radio frequency communications to “chat” with both astronauts and spacecraft in orbit and beyond. But now, NASA is leveling up its communications system with one of the coolest, most space-y things ever: lasers. As part of NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN) program, researchers […]
Donald Trump Chickens Out Of Head-To-Head Press Conferences With Joe Biden; Incumbent Campaign Mocks Ex-POTUS
Donald Trump rarely meets a microphone he doesn’t like, but today the usually volatile former president backed off being bumped off TV by Joe Biden. Even more than ever this election year, it was definitely a tale of two presidents on cable news this morning. From the G7 summit in Italy and the corridors of […]
Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm
FILE – Chickens stand in their cages at a farm, Nov. 16, 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a large egg farm, the state announced Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) […]
Dozens of chickens escape into Brooklyn. N.Y., road
May 6 (UPI) — Dozens of live chickens escaped onto the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday when the doors of a cargo truck came open during transit. The New York Police Department said the rear doors of the truck started spilling caged chickens into the roadway on Old Fulton Street, near Front Street, and […]
Family fighting keep chickens as pets in Waxhaw neighborhood
A Union County family that was fined for keeping chickens as pets has scored a big win. The family was originally located in a Waxhaw neighborhood. However, neighborhood rules said they couldn’t own poultry, but they could have household pets as long as you don’t make money off of them. The family in this case […]
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Why chickens probably crossed the Silk Road
The mystery of what came first, the chicken or the egg has generally been solved–it was the egg. However, some questions remain about how well chickens were dispersed in the ancient world, as some wild bird bones have been misidentified as domesticated chicken bones. With the help of new technology, a recent analysis of eggshell […]
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Cannabis, chickens and a line too long
Earlier this month the Sturgis Journal ran two stories that would have had old-time newsboys peddling papers on the street shouting, “Extra, extra read all about it!” It was banner-headline news about cannabis in Michigan — and chickens in Sturgis. But first a word about our new state slogan: YOU CAN IN MICHIGAN. Forget about […]
Fowl play? Kittery proposes rules on keeping of chickens, roosters, ducks, geese
KITTERY, Maine — Is it foul for fowl to roam one’s property? Some Kittery residents have lodged complaints about chickens and roosters kept for non-farming purposes around town. The Town Council is responding and will begin next month to consider a town-wide plan to amend Title 6 of the town code, regarding animal control. The […]