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A chicken looks for food with her chicks June 3, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people to refrain from snuggling with backyard poultry, citing concerns about spreading salmonella.

Don't Kiss Your Chickens, The CDC Says In A Salmonella Warning

May 22, 2021
A surge in salmonella cases around the country prompts a warning for backyard chicken owners from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Chicken hatcheries say they're seeing a spike in interest from people wanting to raise the birds at home. A poultry expert says that for the average person keeping half a dozen chickens in the summer, "you would get plenty of eggs for the family."

'We Are Swamped': Coronavirus Propels Interest In Raising Backyard Chickens For Eggs

Apr 03, 2020
"We've never seen anything like this and I've been here since 1964," the owner of one hatchery says. For anyone looking to start their own flock, an expert has advice on breeds.
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The Salt
Many backyard chicken keepers are thinking less about the business of raising chickens and more about collecting them — you just have to have them all — which comes with predictable consequences: too many eggs.

Too Many Eggs For One Basket! Backyard Chicken Farmers Scramble To Give Them Away

Apr 24, 2019
Some food pantries are benefiting from home chicken keepers' desire to keep collecting the birds as pets, which results in more eggs than they can handle. But sometimes it can be hard to find takers.
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The Salt
Brian Kleinsasser, left, who works in the hog barn at Cool Spring Colony, helps Jake Waldner set up the Hutterite table during a Long Table dinner event at The Resort at Paws Up.

Hutterites: The Small Religious Colonies Entwined With Montana's Haute Cuisine

Jul 17, 2018
The peace-driven Anabaptist sect, made up of families who live and work together, has built a relationship with high-end resorts, supplying poultry, produce and bread for chefs.
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The Salt
Bruce Stewart-Brown, a veterinarian and senior vice president of Perdue Farms, hold a slower-growing heritage breed chicken.

Perdue Farms Signs Up For A Chicken Welfare Revolution

Jul 27, 2017
The poultry industry may be on the verge of adopting ambitious new animal-welfare standards, giving chickens more space and daylight, and even returning to older, slower-growing chicken breeds.
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The Two-Way
In what authorities call the largest raid against illegal cockfighting in United States history, 7,000 birds were seized in Val Verde, Calif., on Monday.

Authorities Bust 7,000-Bird Cockfighting Operation In Canyon North Of LA

May 17, 2017
The raid, in which officers on horseback pursued fleeing suspects, was the largest-ever seizure of fowl used for cockfighting in the U.S. The practice is illegal, but lucrative and difficult to catch.
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Goats and Soda
Guan Yi is the director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Center of Influenza Research at the University of Hong Kong. "We are trying our best," he says about efforts to fight avian flu. "But we still can't control this

Why Chinese Scientists Are More Worried Than Ever About Bird Flu

Apr 11, 2017
A rapidly evolving strain of bird flu has killed a record number of people this year in China. Scientists are concerned about its potential to spur a global pandemic.
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The Salt
The favorite activity of this Polish Crested hen named Chicken is listed as "chasing chihuahuas."

Beaks On Fleek: Meet Some Of Colorado's Most Charming Chickens

Aug 05, 2016
Some of the chickens perform tricks — one pale-feathered rooster named Bruce pretends to sleep on command — while others, like Buff Brahma hen Miss Felicia Fancy Feet, don dapper costumes.
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The Salt
Perdue will study the effects of features such as perches in chicken houses. It hopes to double the activity levels of its chickens in the next three years.

In Quest For Happier Chickens, Perdue Shifts How Birds Live And Die

Jun 27, 2016
Perdue Farms, one of the largest poultry companies in the country, says it will change its slaughter methods and also some of its poultry houses. Animal welfare groups are cheering.
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So sassy!

Solved: The Mystery Of The Bearded Chickens

Jun 02, 2016
Hip humans aren't the only ones growing outrageous facial hair. Some chickens do, too. And now, geneticists in China have discovered the cause.
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Things We Love Right Now
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Shoehorn + chicken

Aug 17, 2015

A tool's comforting singularity of purpose and the relaxed pecking order of backyard chickens: Things we love right now

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Goats and Soda
Ioanna Mattke holds Raven, one of six hens that her family owns. The Mattkes have raised Raven since she was a day old.

Chicken Owners Brood Over CDC Advice Not To Kiss, Cuddle Birds

Jul 16, 2015
The health agency says kissing and cuddling chickens could be contributing to outbreaks of salmonella. But backyard chicken owners aren't about to lay off the birds.
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Around the Nation
A gate blocks the entrance of a farm operated by Daybreak Foods, on May 17, 2015 near Eagle Grove, Iowa. The facility was reportedly struck by the current outbreak of bird flu. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsick says biosecurity measures are crucial to

Secretary Of Agriculture: Bird Flu Poses 'No Health Issue' To Humans

May 31, 2015
The largest outbreak of avian flu in U.S. history is ravaging poultry at farms in the Midwest. Sec. Tom Vilsack says there's no risk of transmission to humans, but egg prices may rise.
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The Salt
Chickens at the JS West farm in Atwater, Calif., stand in an enriched, or colony, cage system that gives them a darkened area for nesting, in 2011.

Cramped Chicken Cages Are Going Away. What Comes Next?

Mar 19, 2015
The results are in from a long-running study of three different ways to house egg-laying chickens. It found that more hens survive in cages, and cages are cheaper. But consumers prefer cage-free eggs.
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Sue Lowden, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate

May 21, 2010
Sue Lowden joins us for the first time at KNPR since she announced her candidacy. Jump into the conversation now, by posting your questions and comments here.
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Dr. Robin Titus on Bartering Chickens

Apr 30, 2010
How many chickens does it take to pay for a cardiogram? Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden has become the butt of many jokes for her suggestion that patients should barter chickens for health care. But one Nevada doctor says bartering isn't such a far-fetched idea, and tells us why it works for her.
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