# chickens

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# tainted egg

Poisonous poo: Polluted chicken muck is piling up in The Netherlands

Tonnes of muck contaminated with a banned insecticide are piling up in hundreds of Dutch poultry farms.

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Oct 15th 2017, 8:45 AM

# fowl play

Oh nothing, just a couple of chickens having a browse around a shop in Kerry

It wasn’t up to their eggs-acting standards.

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Aug 5th 2016, 11:57 AM

# hen party

These two chickens were the stars of the Ray D'Arcy Show last night

Eventful.

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May 8th 2016, 9:14 AM

# Bokworms

Scientists find the one thing that makes humans smarter than other animals

Some humans, anyway.

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Aug 27th 2015, 6:09 AM

# chickens

Outbreak of Salmonella at seven Irish poultry farms

The Department of Agriculture said there are no food safety risks to the public.

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Apr 2nd 2015, 11:29 AM

# Finger Lickin' Good

The BBC went inside the sheds where your KFC chicken meal comes from

Here’s what viewers thought.

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Mar 19th 2015, 1:54 PM

# baby chicks

"There are lots of other chicks out there": Guy sends ex-girlfriend 15 baby chicks to prove he's moved on

Wow. Not cool.

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Nov 14th 2014, 8:46 AM

# h5 strain

Bird flu outbreak prompts chicken cull in Japan

No cases of humans contracting the disease who have eaten poultry or eggs have been recorded.

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Apr 16th 2014, 8:54 AM

# Prime Numbers

RTE, health insurance, and the Queen: The week in numbers

Plus: What percentage of people aged 50 and older in Ireland are obese?

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Feb 1st 2014, 7:30 PM

# Bird Flu

9-year-old boy dies from bird flu in Cambodia

The boy had carried dead and sick bird from a cage for food preparation before he became ill.

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Aug 19th 2013, 8:47 AM

# Art

Woman banned from slaughtering chickens as part of art installation

Kansas artist Amber Hansen wanted to publicly slaughter the birds to demonstrate the process to meat eaters and challenge “the contemporary view of chickens as merely ‘livestock’”.

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Feb 29th 2012, 10:37 AM

# Animal Cruelty

Mc Donald’s drops US egg supplier over cruelty charges after shocking video

A Minnesota-based egg supplier has been dropped by the fast food giant after an animal rights group filmed an undercover video or practices in farms across three states.

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Nov 19th 2011, 7:56 AM

# Week in Photos

The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures.

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Apr 22nd 2011, 6:34 PM

# Fire

Thousands of chickens die in farm fire

Firefighters fought the blaze for several hours but were unable to save the animals.

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Mar 24th 2011, 11:34 AM