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You see, the chickens are being shortchanged. Americans love chicken. In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. Chicken soup and chicken wings are about as American as apple pie. When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively.
The second thing they did was to interfere with the genetic pathways in some chickens, which produced a chicken with beaky bits that were more like snouty bits found in, for example, a Alligator. The chickens were done in before hatching. The chickens were done in before hatching. Here’s the thing.
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That kicked off our One-Eyed Project – we fly and test all one-eyed raptors, and it continues to this day.”. “I’ve I’ve been locked in a chicken coop once or twice, too. Last year he came back to our area with a female. They stayed all winter, then left again. I’m looking forward to this winter to see if they come back.
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