Two genetic innovations could address major welfare and productivity issues within the broiler and layer industries.

I sometimes get asked if there's a physical difference between a fertilised and unfertilised chicken egg, so I cracked a few of my own and compared them to unfertilised commercial eggs. It seems to me ...

From the moment an embryo starts to take shape, two-way communication is critical for making sure tissues and organs develop correctly.

Clare Kilcullen always wanted to be a mother, but when she went through early menopause in her 20s, she wasn't sure how that would happen. "[I thought] it would probably be an egg donor, but then in ...

Purdue University prohibits discrimination against any member of the University community on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, genetic information, marital ...

There’s a new restaurant in Naperville where chicken salad is the star, and the name makes it clear. It’s Chicken Salad Chick, and it opened this week at 2835 Aurora Ave., right next to the new dining ...

Approximately 1.8 billion chicks are hatched worldwide in commercial hatcheries every month. A typical commercial hatchery is a high-speed and stressful environment. Not only is chick welfare impacted ...

Each spring across Missouri, classrooms come alive with the sounds of chirping chicks as students gather around incubators to watch life unfold. Through the Missouri 4-H “Show Me Embryology” project, ...

A fossilized egg from southern China has revealed one of the most complete dinosaur embryo ever found. In a peer reviewed study, scientists describe the tiny animal, nicknamed Baby Yingliang, and the ...

Avian embryos develop and grow from energy and nutrients stored in the egg by the hen. In this sense, breeder male contribution is not important. Follicular deposition of nutrients occurs over a wide ...