https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/chickens/RSS feed for ChickensenTue, 19 May 2026 20:09:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/de-extinction-company-says-it-hatched-chicks-from-artificial-eggs-paving-the-way-for-resurrecting-dodos-and-other-bygone-birds-180988766/Colossal Biosciences announced that 26 live baby chickens have emerged from 3D-printed honeycomb structures. But the company does not plan to detail the system in a paper, and its mission has faced criticismTue, 19 May 2026 20:09:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/de-extinction-company-says-it-hatched-chicks-from-artificial-eggs-paving-the-way-for-resurrecting-dodos-and-other-bygone-birds-180988766/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1700-year-old-roman-egg-found-in-the-uk-is-still-intact-180983784/Discovered in England, the egg is thought to be the only one of its kind—and analysis of its contents could shed new light on its originsFri, 16 Feb 2024 20:00:29 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1700-year-old-roman-egg-found-in-the-uk-is-still-intact-180983784/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roosters-may-recognize-their-reflections-in-mirrors-study-suggests-180983149/The findings demonstrate self-recognition could be more common among animals than previously thoughtFri, 27 Oct 2023 19:11:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/roosters-may-recognize-their-reflections-in-mirrors-study-suggests-180983149/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/editing-chicken-genes-could-slow-the-spread-of-bird-flu-study-suggests-180983046/Using CRISPR technology, researchers edited a protein gene that increased chickens' resistance to the virus. But the process is far from practical useFri, 13 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/editing-chicken-genes-could-slow-the-spread-of-bird-flu-study-suggests-180983046/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-peanut-the-worlds-oldest-living-chicken-at-21-years-of-age-180982850/Peanut had a rough start to life but ultimately grew up happy and healthy on a 37-acre farm in Chelsea, MichiganTue, 05 Sep 2023 19:54:35 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-peanut-the-worlds-oldest-living-chicken-at-21-years-of-age-180982850/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-chickens-so-bad-flying-180982339/You’ve got questions. We’ve got expertsTue, 27 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-chickens-so-bad-flying-180982339/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/usda-approves-first-lab-grown-chicken-in-the-united-states-180982417/Two companies have received the green light to produce and sell chicken they have cultivated from cellsThu, 22 Jun 2023 17:49:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/usda-approves-first-lab-grown-chicken-in-the-united-states-180982417/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/from-birth-chicks-move-towards-objects-moving-up-180981759/A clever new study shows the cute critters will often scuttle toward a video of a rising ballWed, 08 Mar 2023 00:01:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/from-birth-chicks-move-towards-objects-moving-up-180981759/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bird-flu-causes-the-death-of-an-11-year-old-in-cambodia-180981706/A father and daughter both contracted avian influenza, the first cases in the country since 2014Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:46:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bird-flu-causes-the-death-of-an-11-year-old-in-cambodia-180981706/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/asias-red-junglefowl-are-threatened-by-interbreeding-with-free-range-domestic-chickens-180981473/The red junglefowl is losing important genetic diversity in its native Asian habitatThu, 19 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/asias-red-junglefowl-are-threatened-by-interbreeding-with-free-range-domestic-chickens-180981473/