The Top 10 Best Chicken Jokes
For whatever reason, chickens have always been the fodder of a lot of jokes. No one can be sure why but nevertheless, joke books all...
Rescued Dog and Silkie Chicken Become Best Friends
Here’s a story that’s sure to brighten your day! A rescue chicken has bonded with an abandoned dog in a touching act of friendship. Penny...
Good Food and Wine Festival Melbourne Recap
The annual Good Food & Wine Show made it’s way to Melbourne on the weekend, and by all reports it was a hugely successful (and...
PETA Steps In To Combat 'Farmageddon'
Remember the little town in Worcestershire, England that was concerned about becoming a 'chicken city'? Well, PETA have thrown their support behind the townspeople to...
Woman Buys Giant Metal Chicken To Prank Husband
After having a disagreement with her husband about buying new towels (apparently she'd "just bought" new towels), this woman decided to one up him and...
Egg Producers Planned to Destroy Eggs and Chickens to Raise Prices
It has recently emerged that in 2012, Australian egg farmers planned to cull millions of factory hens and destroy their eggs as the industry was...
Rescue Hens are Re-homed After Bushfires
Teangi Chambers has been fundraising to provide shelter and care for ex-factory farm chickens, that needed rescuing after the Blue Mountain bush fires. Last year...
Chickens Could Potentially Cure Hearing Loss
Chickens have the incredible ability to heal their own damaged hearing - a trait that scientists are trying to unlock in humans. The birds have...
Farmageddon In Small English Town
A village in Worcestershire, England, are up in arms at plans to build a new 'chicken city' - going so far as to say there'll...
Baby Chicks Are a Sensation on Mum's Instagram
Regular Instagrammer and devoted mum Ashley Weeks Cart had a flood of comments to her Instagram account recently, when she posted some absolutely adorable photos...
Madelaine's Organic Eggs
Madelaine Scott knows the importance of organic better than most. Her parents are organic farmers, and together with her siblings the family runs Hollyburton Park...
Virtual Reality for Chickens
File this under 'what the!?' Austin Stewart, an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University in America is currently developing the idea of using virtual reality...
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