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Chicken Goes Gallivanting and Suddenly Can’t Find Her Way Home
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (322+ words) I have chickens, so I know they can wander off with the confidence of tiny explorers who absolutely believe they have a return plan. This hen apparently skipped that part. In the video, she's way down the road after deciding…...
No, This 4-Foot-Tall Chicken Isn’t AI
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (719+ words) The thought of a super tall chicken sounds utterly insane. However, such chickens do exist and have existed for decades. We're talking about the massive Indio Gigante chicken. The images of a Velociraptor-looking chicken on @tosglobalx's Instagram do not look…...
Aussie gardener shocked by chicken act in backyard
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (31+ words) Yahoo News UK A backyard chicken keeper momentarily thought that his entire flock had died after spotting a behaviour he hadn't seen before....
Appeal launched to find the owner of live chickens found at Creamfields festival
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (413+ words) The hunt is on to find the owner of a pair of chickens who were discovered at Creamfields festival. The two birds were spotted on the grounds of the huge electronic music festival by bewildered festival-goers. The cockerel and hen…...
Driver commends Tampines chickens for crossing the road ‘better than humans glued to our phones’
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (209+ words) Amidst a spate of reports about reckless behaviour on the road, one driver has praised a pair of chickens for their orderly and safe conduct. Stomper Melvin shared a video of the incident that occurred along Tampines Central 7 on Sept…...
Inside the Egg Industry: Mercy For Animals Investigation Documents the Killing of Newly Hatched Male Chicks
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (361+ words) Sep 09, 2026, 06:00 ET An estimated 7 billion male chicks are killed worldwide each year, as alternatives to chick culling become increasingly available LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9, 2026 /CNW/ -- For decades, chick culling, the routine killing of newly hatched male chicks because they cannot lay…...
Aussie gardener shocked by chicken act in backyard: 'Thought they were dead"
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (550+ words) A backyard chicken keeper momentarily thought his entire flock had died after spotting a behaviour he hadn't seen before. A picture taken by Victorian artist Paul Cox shows the birds lying in a row along a freshly dug garden bed....
Proposed ordinance aims to make Chicago buildings safer for birds
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (22+ words) CBS News Proposed ordinance aims to make Chicago buildings safer for birds...
'It just clicked': Bert Hewitt has always had a chicken since the age of four
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (686+ words) At the age of four, Gunnedah farmer Bert Hewitt held his first chicken in his hands and a lifelong passion began. Even after more than 50 years of breeding poultry, Mr Hewitt clearly remembered the bundle of feathers he held for…...
Fast-growing ‘frankenchickens’ spark welfare concerns
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1735+ words) By Farah Hancock of RNZ The SPCA has issued a new voluntary standard for chicken welfare after questions from RNZ about fast-growing “frankenchickens”. Currently, the SPCA’s welfare standards for chicken farms have no rules on fast-growing breeds. This has sparked…...