As far as poultry farmers are concerned, feed equals money. The more efficient chickens are at turning feed into thighs, breast and drumsticks, the healthier their bottom line. It turns out that the ...

The contemporary chicken was most probably developed from its main wild ancestor, the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), after its domestication in Southeast Asia in 3,200 BC. Over the years, chicken ...

The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has announced the approval of a new indigenous meat-type chicken, MoorBeta, in ...

Prized for their plumpness, poultry farmers have made incredible gains through agricultural breeding programs to maximize chicken size and weight to benefit worldwide consumption, where demand ...

As consumer interest in heritage-breed meats grows, more companies are looking to get in on the market—especially when it comes to chicken. Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats ...

Researchers have unscrambled the genetic mutation that gives the distinctive blue eggs laid by some breeds of chickens. Researchers at The University of Nottingham have unscrambled the genetic ...

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Backyard chickens. Yard birds. Or as I call these clucking neighbors: the most popular egg-laying pet in my community — we even fundraise for our schools using the annual Tour de Cluck. My friends who ...