10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

By studying Zebra Finches and domestic chickens, the scientists discovered that multiple sperm appear necessary for a fertilized egg to progress to the embryo stage (a process called “polyspermy”.) This differs from humans and other mammals, in which the addition of extra sperm essentially destroys the egg.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2016

While so many spent the weekend obsessing over eggs, others cast their eyes to the feathered fruit of eggs… not necessarily Easter eggs, but different, non-chicken eggs. Maybe this whole comparison falls apart upon closer scrutiny, but these are still fine days to be looking at birds!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2016

I don’t picture chickens. To be sure, it’s a nice chicken. They are described as “hardy,” and “handle marginal diets and poor housing conditions better than other breeds and still continue to produce eggs.” ” Best of all, they lay between 150 and 200 eggs per year. .”

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 30, 2013

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Goose eggs are around two to three times bigger than chicken eggs and duck eggs are just slightly larger than chicken eggs.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 30, 2013

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Goose eggs are around two to three times bigger than chicken eggs and duck eggs are just slightly larger than chicken eggs.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2017

Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species. (The smart-looking example in the photo above is by Michael Catanzariti, through Wikimedia Commons.). So crazy it just might work?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2011

And of course, many self-identified vegetarians eat fishes and/or chickens. During the show they give out Good Egg Awards to kids who've performed "acts of kindness." A good egg is one that is edible. Think of what an egg is, people! Right after all of the love in the world for the chickens of the barnyard.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I don’t know how many of you ever raised chickens but the old joke went something like this. Question: “Hey, do you know what that white stuff is on the top of the chicken shit?&# Answer: “Nope.&# Reply: “That’s chicken shit too!&# The dark part is undigested feces.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2014

Can I have some of that chicken? Egg-battered rosemary chicken breast with carrot barley tabbouleh. Baby was a little beggar in the kitchen, she wanted to taste our meal! What about the carrots? She was especially excited when she saw the carrots because they are one of her favorite treats.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

I had a fledgling hummingbird they fed chicken noodle soup because it was sick,” wrote Tracy Anderson. “A I had a call about a ground hog who sat at the table and ate chicken salad with sweet tea,” wrote Becky Marlin. “I And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I They fed him melon and pizza.”. wrote Maryjane Angelo.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. And then we go back to the evolution of clutch size.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Surprising to me at least. The editorial advocates a national standard that establishes humane standards in all parts of the country.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

More is at stake than just the comfort of chickens, though the well-being of 284 million U.S. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually.

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Reddit Animals

OCTOBER 29, 2021

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

610)) to a little history (“The elegant White-tailed Kite was formerly shot in large numbers by farmers who thought it threatened their chickens, although these birds feed almost entirely on insects and a few rodents” (p. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. 334) is how Black Skimmer is introduced).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

Unfortunately for the Green Iguana , which are known to some who eat them as “bamboo chickens” they are, in addition to apparently being rather tasty, one of the most popular reptile pets in the United States though they are difficult to keep and most die in their first year in captivity.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

“Pinto” is rice and beans and comes with your choice of eggs, breaded Tilapia, chicken or other options. The menu doesn’t give prices and your server won’t speak English but pointing still acts as a valid form of communication. A “gallo” is a side dish, two might be enough for a light meal.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2013

Peripatetic ornithologist Nick Sly has long been a friend of the blog here and has contributed such classics as Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult and Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral. This kind of detailed genetic and developmental work has traditionally relied on model species in the lab (aka chickens).

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Critter News

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Tags: eggs california farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2010

15): I have one very simple piece of advice for consumers interested in higher-quality eggs from humanely treated chickens: stop buying eggs at the grocery store. The eggs we eat come from chickens that spend their days outside, scratching and eating grubs. I'll never go back. Josh Miner La Crosse, Wis.,

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

But, getting the nest set up, amorous acitivites, the laying and hatching of the egg, all that, happens earlier. A throat swab sent to the Taiwan Centres For Disease Control helped scientists identify H6N1, a subtype of avian flu that has been spreading in chickens. But individual birds are not migrating sooner.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

Some abbreviations are not helpful, however, such as SSHA ( Sharp-shinned Hawk ) or GRPC ( Greater Prairie Chicken ) or UEFL ( Unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher ). Maureen Eiger categorizes any unidentifiable featherless nestlings as “ Tufted Puffins ;” to Letitia Labbie, they’re “Eggs With Legs.”.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

To the Editor: In your July 12 editorial “ A Humane Egg ,” you disparage the modern, sanitary housing systems for egg-laying hens, which have improved chickens’ health and well-being, improved consumer food safety and kept eggs a nutritious and economical staple on kitchen tables and restaurant menus nationwide.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

Chickens deserve to live humanely. BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. That’s the least farmers can do.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Warming food always goes down well – and during the coldest months, there’s nothing wrong with dishing up a tasty breast of chicken or a piece of fish to keep your cat’s appetite fired up. Lots of cats also enjoy a whisked egg occasionally, but this is a once-in-a-while treat.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 25, 2010

15): We are glad to see an article describing the intensive confinement of egg-laying chickens, but we disagree when it says that animal advocates and consumers are “driving big changes” in the treatment of chickens. At most, chickens will be guaranteed room to spread their wings. Bill Crain Ellen Crain Poughquag, N.Y.,

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

There will be no pies or cakes that were made with milk that was meant for calves, or eggs that represent dead male chicks , forced molting, debeaking and other mutilations and cruelties. There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse. Of course, the world outside of our home tells a different story.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 5, 2011

Raw meat, fish, and eggs pose the same danger to dogs as they do to humans. A bit of plain white rice and some boiled chicken can provide relief for your dog’s upset tummy. You should also avoid other treats—even those without sugar. Meat and Bones. Raw foods can occasionally contain parasites that cooking destroys.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 28, 2010

This last implies of course an improvement in ethics, as opposed to morality, as I have defined it, unless we already understand 'Do as you would be done by' as applicable to whales, cattle, chickens, and so on, as it is to human beings. I eat eggs though they may come from battery hens. I am myself not so heroic.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The two most common food allergies or food intolerances in pets are: Protein including chicken, beef, pork, fish, eggs and soy. And with food intolerance becoming even more prevalent in dogs, we think its worth educating dog owners on how to identify the signs of food intolerance in your pet and the steps to take once you do.

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Critter News

JUNE 10, 2011

Others have suggested that the amount of money allocated would only be enough to assist half the Spanish egg industry to convert. But some industry experts doubt Spain, a nation which has an unemployment rate above 20% and a stagnant economy, can afford to pay out €300m to farmers.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

We have a hard enough time figuring out what makes people happy, but chickens? The idea that eggs from free-range chickens are somehow morally superior to other eggs is, frankly, weird. Are they happier scratching around the barnyard or sitting confined in cages?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? The answer, throughout the entire 300 pages, essentially is: Because they do.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 5, 2008

I had been focused on what I had to give up—sugar, gluten, alcohol, meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese. On Day 4, Oprah wrote: "I just cleaned my dinner plate, down to the last grain of brown rice left under my oh-so-delicious seasoned soy 'chicken.' On Day 2, Oprah reported: "Wow, wow, wow! What's left?' Apparently a lot.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The animal advocacy group Compassion Over Killing has created a new website to bring attention to the fact that Morningstar Farms continues to use "battery eggs" from caged birds in their products. Here is the link. Congrats on the new site launch, by the way.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., Andrew from Good Honest Dollar had an excellent question. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.

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