For example, Martha's beloved Araucana chickens carry a specific gene that enables them to lay beautiful blue and green eggs. Alternatively, the Rhode Island Red breed of hen lays brown eggs due ...

When it comes to poultry, many people are familiar with the terms "rooster" and "hen." Although both are members of the chicken family, they serve different roles within their species and display ...

QUESTION: When were hens’ eggs first put in boxes of six to be sold? From as early as Anglo-Saxon times until 1965, the number 12 was important to our currency system. There were 12 pennies to a ...

MADISON – Nearly 200,000 chickens raised in Wisconsin for meat were given away by farms after a Minnesota meat company went bankrupt and failed to pay for transport to processing companies and ...

The afternoon commenced with a first-play salvo. But it didn't deliver a knockout. The Blue Hens were frequently reminded Saturday that 60 minutes, not 60 seconds, would decide their fate in a ...

The henitentiary at HMP Edinburgh, as the hen set-up is affectionately known, was created in 2014, the brainchild of a poultry-keeping prison officer. His hen keeping hobby began when his wife ...

To celebrate, TV Insider spoke with Hinds and Thoms—who are just as much a delight together offscreen as on as Hen and Karen—about this episode. First of all, I’m so happy that Hen and Karen ...