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Hares and Chickens Were Revered as Gods—Not Food—in Ancient Britain
New research indicates that Iron Age Britons venerated brown hares and chickens long before modern Easter celebrations
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Archaeologists Crack the Case of 1,700-Year-Old Roman Eggs
Two of the eggs broke open during excavation, but one remains intact
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A Rooster Named Maurice Can Keep on Crowing, French Court Rules
‘Maurice has won a battle for the whole of France,” the bird’s owner said
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Chickens Might Lay Your Future Prescriptions
Tests show cancer-fighting and immune-boosting proteins can be produced in the egg whites of genetically-modified cluckers
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A German Grocery Chain Is Selling First-Of-Its-Kind “No-Kill” Eggs
Every year, billions of male chicks are euthanized by the egg and poultry industry, but new tech could end the chick culling
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Chicken Bones May Be the Legacy of Our Time
A new study argues that the sheer abundance of chicken consumption, coupled with the strange skeletons of modern chickens, will leave a unique fingerprint
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How Do Tiny Chicks Crack Out of Their Eggs?
The secret is in the egg shells’ nanostructure
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The First Printed Fried Chicken Recipe in America
A white Virginian woman named Mary Randolph was the first to publish it, but fried chicken’s Southern history is deeper than ‘The Virginia Housewife’
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Enormous Chicken Painting Comes Home to Roost
After years overseas, Doug Argue’s iconic portrait is back
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Did Peckish Christians Make Chickens More Social?
Religious dietary laws in the Middle Ages could have helped make the fowl less aggressive
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Breeding a Better Chicken in the Name of Art (and Science)
For 20 years, Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen has been selectively breeding chickens for his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project
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Egg Producers Pledge More Humane Fate for Male Chicks
Better technology could make “maceration” go the way of the dodo
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From Farm to Bottle: Sip Brews Among the Hop Bines at This Vancouver-Area Beer Farm
Persephone Brewing Company brings beer and farming to the Sunshine Coast
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Why This Chicken is Black From Comb to Feathers to Muscles
The Ayam Cemani is the Goth of the chicken world
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Who Were the First People to Eat Chickens?
A find in Israel shows evidence of chicken consumption from as early as 400 B.C.E.
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Bakers Are Still Searching for the Perfect Egg Replacement
Egg prices are hitting record highs, raising demand for substitutes
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Napoleon Had a Thing for Rotisserie Chicken
The military powerhouse ate chicken dinners 24/7 — even as his army starved
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A Malaysian Farm is Playing Classical Music to its Chickens
Drug-free chickens roam in a barn filled with tunes from Mozart
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Chinese Chickens May Have Been Domesticated 10,000 Years Ago
Bones found in ancient farming sites are lending insight into the origins of our favorite fowl
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