Quick Take Pecking orders are real and chickens form dominance hierarchies that influence daily access to food and water, ...

Mandy Mitchell and her husband live on a small farm with three Great Danes, four cats, and a small flock of chickens, overseen by a ruthless rooster. More accurately, the rooster has a vendetta ...

LONDON — In this case, it was neither the chicken nor the egg that came first. Rather, it started with some specially engineered cells in a lab. The chicken cells had had their genomes edited, not to ...

Department of Public Works trash collectors faced a cocky newcomer on Monument Circle today. A rooster appeared as they were collecting trash, even diving into an empty-but-icy fountain in front of ...

As concerns about the spread of bird flu continue to grow in the wake of ongoing outbreaks, U.S. officials have are working to keep the virus at bay in commercial poultry and dairy settings. In a ...

The chicken may be getting an upgrade. In a scientific first, U.K. researchers have used gene editing technology to create poultry that's partially resistant to bird flu infection, according to a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed genetically modified (GM) chickens that cannot transmit bird flu infections -- a step that in future could reduce the risk of avian flu spreading ...

A bird flu outbreak that has alarmed health officials by its pervasive spread across six continents, sickening birds, cows and other mammals, has claimed the life of a Louisiana resident, officials ...

They were experiencing a pretty high number of mortalities in their flock,” said Erin Robinson, a spokesperson for the Texas ...

HARDIN COUNTY — At least 2 million chickens had to be slaughtered at an Ohio egg farm after the birds tested positive for bird flu. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) told news partners WBNS in ...