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chicken stories: 19 news summaries

Soaring Price of Wings Begets Boneless Substitutes

Perplexed eateries switch breast strips for once-cheaper wings

Oct 13, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a sign of a poultry market apocalypse, chicken wings are now more expensive than skinless, boneless chicken breast, because chicken wings are cheaper. Wait, what? Strange but true: thanks to the recession, restaurants are ordering less chicken breast, the New York Times explains, while consumers buy more of... More »

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recession • food prices • chicken • chicken wings


 Fox Anchor 
 Apologizes 
 to Chickens 
 Everywhere 

Ernie Anastos sorry for laying on-air egg

Sep 18, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fox anchor who stirred up a fricassé when he almost suggested a co-worker go pluck a chicken has apologized for his on-air bleep, reports AP. "I misspoke," said veteran New York broadcaster Ernie Anastos. "I apologize for my remarks to anyone who may have been offended.... More »

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television • profanity • obscenity • broadcasting • anchor • chicken • news anchor • Fox TV • Ernie Anastos • weather forecaster

 China Accuses US of  
 Dumping Chicken, Auto Parts 

Latest targets: chickens and tires

Sep 14, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - US-China trade tensions escalated yesterday when Beijing announced it was investigating whether the US dumped auto parts and chicken products onto the Chinese market, the LA Times reports. An expert calls the retaliatory move, which comes days after the White House slapped a 35% import tariff on Chinese tires, "... More »

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China • exports • tariffs • labor unions • protectionism • chicken • Chinese exports • tires

 Rights Group Films 
 Workers Grinding 
 Chicks Alive 

Animal rights group uncovers disgusting practices at Iowa egg hatchery

Sep 1, 09 2:08 PM CDT
(AP) - An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted male chicks by tossing them live into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor. Chicago-based Mercy for Animals said it shot the video... More »

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Iowa • euthanasia • animal rights • egg • killings • poultry • chicken • factory farm • animal abuse

Backyard Chickens Ruffle Neighbors' Feathers

Low-cost organic egg dispenser, or messy nuisance?

Jul 15, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Backyard chickens have polarized the city council of Salem, Ore., as residents argue over whether to legalize keeping the birds in home coops, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s one of several such disputes around the US, with some extolling the virtues of a source of free eggs and... More »

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backyards • farming • eggs • recession • Oregon • city council • chicken • city

(Newser) - China is cracking down on restaurants that serve chicken killed by forced snake bite, Reuters reports. A recent Internet video of a chef urging a snake to repeatedly bite a bird inspired the move. “Snake-bite chicken” is popular in Guangdong and Chongqing provinces. “Not only is it cruel... More »

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China • cuisine • snake • Chinese food • chicken • bite • health officials

 Counting Chicks 
 Redefine Birdbrain 

Study shows chickens can do basic math

Apr 2, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - No dumb clucks, young chickens appear capable of basic arithmetic, Discover reports. Scientists relied on two innate chick traits—an instinct to flock with the biggest group and an attachment to objects—to test the birds’ noggins. After hiding yellow balls of varying numbers behind screens, they released the chicks.... More »

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brain • scientific study • mathematics • chicken • scientific breakthroughs • animal

(Newser) - McDonald's will soon be faced with an epic decision: Which comes first, the cage-free chicken or the profit margin? The Humane Society plans to press the fast-food behemoth at a shareholder meeting in May to use cage-free eggs, but the fast food giant’s response is anything but certain,... More »

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McDonald's • animal cruelty • eggs • Humane Society • cage free • chicken

 Germans Munch Obama Fingers 

Firm 'pays homage' to US prez with frozen fried chicken, says company rep

Mar 12, 09 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German frozen food company is trying to cash in on Obamania by selling fried Obama fingers, Der Speigel reports. The Southern-style fried chicken snack was renamed as part of an "America week' promotion. Makers say they were unaware that the name could be viewed as insensitive in light... More »

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Barack Obama • Germany • chicken • President Obama

 Buy Smaller Eggs, 
 Ease Hens' Pain: Farmer 

Free range producer says hens hurt when they lay large eggs

Mar 11, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Free range, cage free, organic. Add one more to think about when you’re grocery-shopping: Medium eggs cause hens less pain when laid, a British farmer tells the Times. “It takes more out of hens to lay large eggs,” he said. “It would be kinder to eat... More »

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farming • eggs • animal rights • poultry • chicken • animal

(Newser) - The recession has consumers foregoing pricey beef and pork for cheaper chicken, the chairman of grocery chain Safeway tells Bloomberg. “We’re seeing more shifts in the meat category to cheaper meats—ground beef and chicken—than we saw earlier in the year,” Steven Burd says, part of... More »

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beef • recession • ground beef • chicken • pork • meat and poultry

PETA Protests McCruel Chicken Slaughter

Group boycotts fast
food chains that
use shocked poultry

Feb 16, 09 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - After years of KFC boycotts, PETA will once again picket McDonald's in a bid to trigger a change in the way chickens are slaughtered in the US. American farms usually shock chickens before beheading them, a method the animal rights group calls inhumane. PETA prefers the European method, which involves... More »

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McDonald's • animal rights • PETA • KFC • poultry • chicken

 Farmers Plucked by 
 Chicken Slump 

Foreclosures loom as chicken company cuts contracts

Feb 12, 09 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of poultry farmers face foreclosures on their pricey chicken houses after poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride dropped their contracts. Some are suing in return, claiming the company encouraged them to take on hefty mortgages and vowed to keep their grandkids in business, the Wall Street Journal reports. Most farmers own... More »

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foreclosure • recession • farmer • poultry • chicken • financial crisis • Pilgrim's Pride • recession depression

(AP) - Three dead chickens tested positive for bird flu in Hong Kong, prompting the city to suspend poultry imports for 21 days and begin slaughtering tens of thousands of birds, an official said today. "We feel that Hong Kong is facing a new alert for bird flu," said the... More »

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China • Hong Kong • avian flu • H5N1 • chicken

(Newser) - The contents of a fossilized dinosaur nest may help resolve the age-old chicken-and-egg question, LiveScience reports. That birds evolved from dinosaurs is no secret, but the new discovery shows that the pointy-ended bird egg developed before the bird itself, paleontologists say. The nest is believed to have belonged to one... More »

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evolution • birds • paleontology • eggs • dinosaur • chicken • raptor

 Tasty Morsels on Fried Chicken 

Daily Green presents some lesser-known facts about poultry

Jul 13, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - You might be well acquainted with the Colonel and his famous fried chicken, but beneath the crunchy skin lie some lesser-known facts. The Daily Green sides its poultry with a six-pack of trivia.
  1. It's a place: After toying around with the name "Ptarmigan," one town's handful of
... More »

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food • fast food • list • Dalai Lama • KFC • vegan • chicken

GLOSSIES

What to Do With That Skin?
Get Crackin' on Cracklins

Perhaps not so health-conscious, but surely cost-conscious—not to mention yummy

Jul 11, 08 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with a heaping pile of chicken skin and fat after using the rest of the bird in some healthy dish? Those squishy, sallow leftovers, Francis Lam writes in Gourmet, present the perfect opportunity to cook up "the noblest form of chicken byproduct": cracklins. With that extra skin and... More »

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food • cooking • recipes • chicken • gourmet • cracklins

McDonald's Bets on Chicken for Breakfast

Crowing over poultry growth, chain takes a cue from the South

May 13, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Breakfast sandwiches are the latest move in McDonald's plan to tie its fortunes to the chicken coop, the Chicago Tribune reports. McDonald's has identified poultry as one of four areas crucial to long-term growth, and has debuted a new chicken option every year since 2003. Popular in the South, the... More »

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McDonald's • chicken

China Bristles
at US' Olympic Food Snub

Beijing insists meat
is safe, but Americans will brown-bag it

Feb 22, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - China says it's a "pity" that US athletes won't be joining their international counterparts at dinner tables during the Olympics this summer over worries about the safety of food and water. American athletes will ship in their own meat and eat at their own training center, and China is... More »

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China • steroids • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • food safety • US Olympic Committee • chicken • imported food • contaminated water

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