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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Sweden Chicken Sabotage
On Friday Sweden's largest producer of chicken products, recalled all its frozen chicken after pieces of glass were found in many of its products. Small pieces of glass have been found in a variety of Kronfaagel's frozen products since Monday.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
One Million Chickens Destroyed In Texas
More than a million chickens have been destroyed in Texas after some of the Sanderson Farms birds tested positive for a rare respiratory infection called laryngotracheitis.
They say the virus is not dangerous to humans, so the meat from the infected chickens will be sold but I for one will not be eating it.
They say the virus is not dangerous to humans, so the meat from the infected chickens will be sold but I for one will not be eating it.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Communist Rebels Kill 8,000 Chickens
Suspected communist rebels killed 8,000 chickens in a brazen attack on a chicken farm in the Philippines. About 20 suspected communist rebels attacked the farm and set fire to several chicken pens. There were several guards on duty at the farm but they opted not to fight because the attackers were heavily armed.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Chickens used to test for mosquito viruses
Did you know that Chickens are being used to test for mosquito viruses. Read More
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Colonel Sanders Statue Found At Last
A statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders that was thrown into a Japanese river 24 years ago has been found by construction workers.
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Saturday, March 07, 2009
Scientists to Create a 'Chickenosaurus'
I don't quite know what to make of this next story but it would be an interesting addition to my hen house.
Chickenosaurus
Chickenosaurus
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
McDonalds was out of Chicken McNuggets.
A 27 year old Florida woman was arrested and charged with misusing 911 after calling the emergency line three times to report that McDonalds was out of Chicken McNuggets.
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Sunday, March 01, 2009
Mystery disease kills 700 chicken in Nepal
More than 700 chickens have died in three different poultry farms in Nepal due to a “mysterious disease” within the past couple of days. Initial investigation on the samples have tested negative to bird-flu, according to technicians from the Regional Animal Disease Diagnosis Laboratory.
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