Heather Weick, center, sits with her rabbit, her dog and her family in her Salina home. Partner Andrew Weick, left, holds the ...

Imagine standing in a quiet forest and hearing a low, rolling croak echo through the trees. Suddenly, a glossy-black bird ...

Basehor? City regulations were the last thing on Victor Dietz’s mind about a year ago when he decided to buy a couple of baby chickens for his daughter, Hannah. His then-9-year-old daughter fell ...

Targan’s WingScan system – having processed over half a billion birds to date – is the first fully automated feather-sexing solution in the industry. Photo: Targan From the moment chicks hatch, the ...

Fern Wexler, author of, Birds of a Feather shared more about some of these ... Emu fathers and Ruby-Throated Hummingbird mothers raise their chicks all by themselves. Laysan albatross chicks ...

Mourning doves, like all pigeons, feed their chicks a substance called crop milk ... The whistling comes from their wing feathers, and it’s believed to act as an alarm signal.

The network of interacting genes determining feathers is very robust, ensuring their proper development even under substantial genetic or environmental perturbations. Credit: Fabrice Berger & Michel ...

In 2022, Jackie and Shadow’s chick was named Spirit from the 10,000 names that were submitted. The tradition of having these youngsters choose the name goes back to Jackie’s parents, Ricky and Lucy.

Swan Chicks Are Covered In Downy Feathers Cygnets display a beautiful sight of pure sweetness when they are born. They enter the world already wearing their fluffy coat of downy feathers, providing ...

Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken embryos to grow simple, ancient-style feathers that look startlingly similar to those of their dinosaur ...

Then, the chicks hatch and the real work begins ... The way to identify males and females is to look at the bold line of feathers below the eye (aka the malar stripe, or “mustache”).

Each chicken receives 50% of its genes from each parent, influencing everything from egg tint and feather type and color, comb appearance and even number of toes. Chickens in a hutch at Spring Creek ...