How do you stop a chicken from eating its friends? A Purdue University scientist has devised a breeding method to produce peaceful birds, which may reduce barnyard cannibalism. Using William Muir‘s ...

M. J. Zuidhof, B. L. Schneider, V. L. Carney, D. R. Korver, and F. E. Robinson Growth, efficiency, and yield of commercial broilers from 1957, 1978, and 2005 Poultry ...

For chickens bred to lay eggs, being male is a gloomy prospect. These cockerels develop too slowly to be raised for meat, so they are usually killed within days of hatching by methods including ...