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Many chicks intentionally abandon the nests in which they hatched to seek out temporary or full adoption by foster parents.
If they moved into nests containing fewer or younger chicks than their previous homes, then they could also receive more food by more easily outcompeting smaller adoptive siblings.
It could simply be that evolution has endowed not the parents with the ability to discriminate their own chicks from strangers.
half as many of their own chicks grow to fledging age than the gulls that did not adopt.
Biologist Kevin Brown of York University thinks that the costs of better chick discrimination could be even higher.
If the cost of rejecting one's own offspring is greater than accepting an alien chick,
But in all of those cases the adoption has always been within species. Storks adopt stork chicks,
Take the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus), a bird that many think of as having more to do with barbecue sauce than with arithmetic.
including a low-cost nutcracker for farmers in Morocco and a solar-powered incubator for guinea fowl in Burkina faso.
and Turkey, Syria and Iraq, for example. Dams don't just block water flow. They also prevent fish migrations up-and downstream,
and used to be found anywhere from Siberia to Bali to Turkey. But hunting and habitat encroachment by humans have over the past century reduced their range by more than 90
#How the Most Symbolic American Bird Got the Name Turkey Turkey For a species of bird found only in the forests of North america and so symbolic of a U s. holiday,
the humble turkey sure has an oddly Eurasian name but have stopped you ever to consider why?
has yet to be corrected making turkeys one of the most curiously named birds on the planet.
called a Guinea fowl, became known as oeturkey cock throughout England. And, when British settlers arrived in the New world
and encountered a large woodland bird that looked a bit like the Guinea fowl fowl theyd grown fond of eating back in England perhaps out of confusion that the two were the same species,
it was shortened to simply turkey. Another factor that helped perpetuate this unusual choice of names occurred
turkeys became known as peru in Portuguese. Sixteenth century importers in Portugal were apparently under the impression that that was where the birds originated from.
the name of turkeys in the Turkish language is even more geographically off base; their called Hindi, short for oebird from India.
oeif someone looks like a chick and wants to be called a chick even though theyre not, now they can be one.
Ms. Hartsock, 23, diligently typed notes. A hardworking student who maintains an A average, she was frustrated by the online format.
¢Rooster Testicles In Taiwan, rooster testicles are considered a good source of protein and they are
poultry, eggs and produce that can cost two or three times as much as conventional food. And expensive antibacterial soaps and washes, cutting boards and meat thermometers are promoted as tools of the trade for a germfree kitchen.
LEARN TO LOVE WELL DONE Cooking thoroughly is the best way to eliminate harmful bacteria from meats and poultry.
and poultry on one cutting board, using another for vegetables. Clean both with warm soapy water after each use.
Even so, remember that you need to handle anything organic meat, poultry, produce the same as nonorganic, said Shelley Feist, executive director of the Partnership for Food safety Education, a coalition of industry and advocacy groups.
and other surfaces that come into contact with raw meat and poultry. Thoroughly cook meats poultry and eggs.
For more safe handling and cooking tips, go to the partnerships Web site at www. fightbac. org.
and much less ammonia, a pollutant produced by pig and poultry farming. Being cold-blooded, insects convert plant matter into protein extremely efficiently,
and chairman of Chick-fil-A. Cathy entered the restaurant business in 1946, when he and his brother, Ben, opened an Atlanta diner known as The Dwarf Grill (later renamed The Dwarf House).
In 1967, Cathy opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant. Today, Chick-fil-A is the second-largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the U s. with more than $3. 2 billion in sales in 2009.
As of February 2010, there are more than 1, 480 Chick-fil-A restaurants in 38 states and Washington,
D c. Cathy has led Chick-fil-A on an amazing record of 42 consecutive years of annual sales increases.
Today, Cathy devotes much of his time to philanthropy. William Kelloggkohls Net Worth: $1 billion William Kellogg got his start in the retail business as a buyer for Federated Department stores.
but last November he finally closed the Turkey General store, leaving the small Texas Panhandle town without a grocery.
Gladys was a two-day-old chick when she became the only hen to survive a fox attack on her farm in Suffolk, England,
The owners saw the cat washing the chick and keeping her clean and when it was time to let her back outside,
In the future, the square fruit in the grocery store will be found next to the square vegetables and the square poultry sections...
Rao said. oewe are insuring tractors, water pumps, even poultry. Its a great sign of how healthy the economy is becoming in many villages.
#Wild Turkeys Making A large Comeback in the Urban Communities Wild turkeys crossing the street in Newark, N. J. In the dark of night,
It was a 25-pound wild turkey. oethe police came outside and were laughing hysterically, says High society Cheesecake co-owner Marcus Morris,
April 1. oethe turkey had gone crazy. I started calling friends to tell them what had happened. Everyone thought it was an April fools joke.
The wild turkey is back in vast numbers and may be coming soon to a garage, backyard or windshield near you.
The High society Cheesecake caper is one of many real-life turkey dramas playing out this spring in
and male gobblers have begun a relentless two-month quest to have sex with as many females as possible.
which often provide a wonderful habitat for turkeys on the prowl. Wild turkeys are following in the footsteps of deer an iconic American species that was nearly wiped out,
only to come back in large numbers and thrive in predator-free suburbs. The bountiful turkey population is creating awkward interactions with people who have little experience with wildlife.
In Wenham, Mass. a man returned from Easter service and found a wild turkey had smashed his living rooms picture window. oethe turkey was patiently sitting on the couch like he was watching TV,
says Wenham Police officer William Foley. oebut he got angry when he saw us. The owner was afraid to come to the front door
He didnt want to cross paths with the turkey. Animal control officers wrestled the turkey outside,
and the bird was returned to the woods unharmed. Turkey-human confrontations are sometimes comical. New jersey Turnpike drivers were befuddled by wild turkeys hanging out at tollbooths.
In Oshkosh Wis.,, police used a lampshade to shoo a turkey from a garage. In Oxford, Mass.
a turkey crossed the road to eat at Mcdonalds. Back from the brink Wild turkeys were driven to near-extinction a century ago by hunting and habitat loss.
By 1900, only 30,000 wild turkeys survived, mostly in swamps and mountains, says wildlife biologist Scott Vance of the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Wild turkeys were wiped out in 17 of 36 states. Attempts to transplant farm-raised turkeys the Thanksgiving dinner kind into the wild failed.
The birds couldnt hack it. The invention of a netting gun that captured wild turkeys alive changed everything.
In the 1970s wildlife officials began relocating wild turkeys. The birds thrived in reforested areas.
Today, 7 million wild turkeys live in 49 states. Alaska is the only turkey-free state. Hunters kill about 1 million turkeys a year.
Turkey hunting is the only type of hunting growing in popularity, Vance says. One reason:
hunters have an excellent chance of success because there are so many birds. Feeding wild turkeys is the biggest cause of turkey trouble,
he says. So many wild turkeys were roaming the Minneapolis suburb of Shoreview that some parents were afraid for their childrens safety.
One resident fed buckets of corns to the birds. oewe had complaints about property damage,
traffic safety issues, says Assistant City manager Tom Simonson. The City council hired a company to kill 75 of the citys estimated 100 wild turkeys.
Only five were caught three went to the local food pantry; two got tracking devices. Vance says humans have little to fear from wild turkeys.
The birds have spurs on their feet, wings sharpened like razors from dragging on the ground and a willingness to fight.
But the typical turkey is 20 to 25 pounds. oeyoure more likely to be injured running away from the bird,
Vance says. Mostly, male birds interact with humans. Mating season lasts from February through May,
depending on an areas climate. When mating season ends, male turkeys regroup in bachelor packs, hanging with their posse until the next mating season.
They dont help around the nest or nurture their young. A smaller hazard The small size of wild turkeys makes them less of a road hazard than 200-pound deer.
However last month, two people were killed near Omaha when their van swerved to avoid one.
Vance says those are the only deaths he knows related to wild turkeys. Truck driver J. C. Caldwell narrowly escaped.
He was driving at 55 mph on a rural road in Washington County, Tenn. March 23 when a large turkey struck his windshield. oehis face was up against the windshield, his eyes looking straight at me,
Caldwell says. Caldwell has confronted nearly every hazard possible during 29 years on the road, once hitting two deer on the same trip.
This was his first turkey. When he tells other truckers, oethey think Im on drugs, that Im blowing smoke.
Even Sheriffs Deputy Eric Stanton, who handled the case, was surprised. oeive seen car versus bear, car versus deer, car versus cat,
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#Mysterious Desert Lines Found To Be Animal Traps Animal Traps in the desert? British RAF pilots in the early 20th century were the first to spot the strange kite-like lines on the deserts of Israel, Jordan and Egypt from the air and wonder about their origins.
Limiting phytate production in the soybean could reduce a major environmental runoff contaminant from swine and poultry waste.
The lamb was born in a village not far from the city of Izmir, Turkey. Erhan Elibol, a vet, performed a caesarean on the animal to take the lamb out,
Last September s meeting, where I served as a moderator, included Bill clinton, International monetary fund head Dominique Strauss-kahn, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski
#Turkey researchers working hard to build a better bird Eastern wild turkeys have that classic turkey look,
but domesticated turkeys are bred generally with breasts so big that they can t mate naturally.
A majority of today s domesticated turkeys may not be able to fly, but their ancestors sure got around.
Meleagris gallopavo, the quintessential New world bird, was already an Old world favorite by the time colonists in North america first celebrated any Thanksgiving feasts.
Today s turkey researchers are investigating the big bird s genetic heritage and biology as part of an effort to improve several aspects of its cultivation.
a team of researchers from numerous labs in the United states announced the sequencing of more than 90 percent of the turkey genome.
This represented a big step in turkey research, but efforts continue. Once you identify genes, the next step is to figure out what they do said
Rami Dalloul, a poultry and immunology researcher at Virginia Polytechnic institute and State university in Blacksburg. What we ve been doing for the past almost year is building upon that sequence
a poultry researcher at the research arm of the U s. Department of agriculture in Beltsville, Md. The researchers have been working with the genetic material from the most popular domesticated commercial breed, the broad breasted white turkey.
It is descended from turkeys domesticated in modern Mexico by predecessors of the Aztecs. The birds were established well as a food source
by the time the Conquistadors arrived. The Spanish took the birds back to Europe, and they quickly spread across the continent.
Very quickly the domesticated turkey became, as far as I could tell, the real first New world food to be adopted in Europe,
#said Andrew F. Smith, a food historian and the author of The Turkey: An American Story.#
they had eaten already turkey, #Smith said. Smith said that by the 1550s, turkeys were already popular at Christmas dinners in England.
When colonists came to the New world, they found large populations of wild birds that provided a reliable food source.
Colonists eventually began raising turkeys, but did not domesticate the wild birds. The commercial birds that we eat today were developed actually in the United states,
#A whole different breedafter hundreds of years of breeding, today s commercial turkeys are removed far genetically from the wild turkeys from Mexico,
which were isolated already from any of the five subspecies of wild turkeys found in the United states today.
The genetic sequence of the domestic turkey differs from its wild turkey relatives, and can be used to illustrate differences between the animals.
which is the domestic turkey, then you have a good reference genome to come back to
Wild turkeys have a gene that makes them resistant to a type of toxic fungus sometimes found in corn and soybeans.
This toxin can be deadly on its own or lower a turkey s resistance to other infections and cause death that way.
No natural matingeven the intended consequences of commercial turkey breeds have introduced complications. Breeders developed birds with more white meat.
The resulting turkeys, such as the broad breasted white, grow muscle quickly, and, as the name suggests,
In the commercial turkey industry there are no birds that naturally mate.##The great majority of turkey farmers must
therefore depend upon artificial insemination, said Long. She suggested that there may be rare exceptions among small farms raising older breeds of turkeys, called heritage breeds,
which may reproduce naturally. Artificial insemination is a laborious job in turkey facilities, as the sperm from male toms must be collected
and female hens inseminated weekly. The amazing thing about the turkey hen is she s capable of keeping viable sperm cells for up to ten weeks after a single insemination,
#said Long. The best we can do and still maintain high levels of fertility is about six hours.#
#If turkey researchers could find a way to increase the amount of time that they can store sperm for later use,
in addition to adhering to a healthy diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and protein from fish, poultry and low-fat dairy products.
We plant sunflowers, field mustard, amaranthus and cockscomb, which are believed all to absorb radiation, #said the monk.
have public bathrooms#a rarity in the city#and sell single portions of fresh meat, poultry or fish,
skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures are the latest trend in hair extensions.
skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures. She brought a bunch up to the counter
They come from roosters that are bred genetically and raised for their plumage. In most cases
At Whiting Farms, Inc.,in western Colorado, one of the worlds largest producers of fly tying feathers, the roosters live about a year
The craze has also left hairstylists scrambling to find rooster saddle feathers as fly shops hold onto a select few for their regular customers.
a poultry geneticist. The company has stopped taking on new accounts. Ive tried to withhold some for the fly fishing world
The company was the one that told Bernstein in Maine several months ago that rooster saddle feathers had somehow become the latest coveted hair accessory.
#Bernsteins inventory of rooster saddle feathers has long been depleted. About three weeks ago, he dusted off a rooster neck with feathers that had been set aside for fly tying classes at the shop.
The neck would have normally cost $29. 95, but the shop sold it for $360.
Its not uncommon to find a package of rooster saddle feathers that would have cost around $60 at a fly shop now priced from $200 to $400.
On a recent Tuesday evening, Emilee Rivers, 16, sifted through a pile of rooster saddle feathers looking for the perfect strands to frame her face.
Gangsta chicks...#and then this happened...If youre wondering about the best parts of Oregon,
Cool beer and cool chicks! This store has it all...In the immortal words of Buzz Lightyear, To infinity#and beyond#..
which covers food other than meat, poultry and egg products. They are competing to develop the tracking technology
#Time Running Out For Many Bird Species in Turkey The White-Headed Duck is threatened among many fowl.
Dozens of starlings in the Karacabey district of Turkeys Bursa province were among the victims of a recent spate of mass animal deaths around the world that initially provoked much international alarm.
plenty of real threats face many of the hundreds of bird species in Turkey#According to a biology professor at Hacettepe University in the capital city of Ankara,
more than half of the 437 bird species that are regularly found in Turkey are at serious risk.
Bird Populations In Turkey Have decreased By Half The other 65 species out of the 502 identified in Turkey are seen only at certain times.
They do not reproduce in Turkey and they cannot be observed very often. However, of the 437 species, the Oriental darter and bald ibis have disappeared already from the natural habitat in Turkey,
#Kiziroä lu said, adding that total bird populations in the country have decreased by half over the past two decades.
Both migratory and endemic species that rely on Turkeys wetlands face the most immediate threats the Turkish newspaper Todays Zaman reported:
This species has disappeared now in Turkey. It was seen for the last time in 1963, #Kiziroä lu said. He said the last time wild bald ibises were observed in Turkey was
when three were found in Å anlä urfas Birecik district in 1988. Dams And Agriculture Pose Big Threat Inefficient agricultural irrigation and draw offs for the increasing number of hydroelectric dams in the country are among the factors drying up important wetlands in Turkey.
One-seventh of the European population of the white-headed duck exists in Turkey spending winters in Lake Burdur in the Mediterranean region.
However, this species is threatened by the level of industrial waste and the decreasing water levels in the lake,
said this week it was raising its bird flu alert level after detecting H5n1 bird flu at poultry farms.
Countries like China are interested in the possibility of genetic modification to protect their poultry stocks and people#
While large poultry producers could benefit from this early type of transgenic bird, smaller backyard#farmers would need to wait until scientists create birds that can be bred on small farms.
and poultry producers without resorting to antibiotics, which some experts say can be detrimental to the humans who eat the meat.
Sales in the United states of organic meat, poultry and fish, which by law must be raised without antibiotics, totaled $538 million in 2011, according to the Organic Trade Association.
and about 36 million pounds of ground turkey spoiled with salmonella Heidelberg. Consumer Reports released a study last month that found the bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica in 69 percent of 198 pork chop
and poultry than they ate five years ago. Tanya Steel, editor of epicurious. com, saw the trend coming,
Vegan diets exclude meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. For best diets that are heart-healthy:
the technique used is used the same to engineer#oeglowing green rabbits#in Turkey earlier this year:
And to cap it all the risk that insects may transmit zoonotic infections may well be less significant than the very real risk posed by cattle, pig and poultry, from
For example, the Guinea Savannah zone covers around 600 million hectares in West Africa#hrough Uganda and Tanzania and encompassing Malawi, Zambia, Angola,
and poultry production in 2011 compared to the previous year, the FDA data show that antibiotic consumption jumped 2 percent over the same time period.
#¢Of the Salmonella on ground turkey, about 78%were resistant to at least one antibiotic and half of the bacteria were resistant to three or more.
About 12%of retail chicken breast and ground turkey samples were contaminated with Salmonella.#¢#¢Resistance to tetracycline an antibiotic is up among Campylobacter on retail chicken.
Heirloom poultry breeders#who bring their flocks with them! Beekeeping for hobby & profit Anderson County Public library:
4) That's a lot of turkeys Filling America's appetite for turkeys is a tall task.
The most popular state for raising turkeys was raised Minnesota which 46 million turkeys last year.
Minnesota along with North carolina Arkansas Missouri Virginia Indiana and California accounted for 70 percent of the turkeys raised in the United states last year. 5) More popular than Christmas and Easter?
Even with 12 percent of people not eating turkey on the holiday Thanksgiving is still the most popular holiday for turkey consumption.
It is estimated that 46 million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving beating out the number eaten on Christmas
and Easter combined. 6) That's a big bird The average turkey purchased for Thanksgiving weighs 16 lbs.
7 kilograms) the National Turkey Federation says. White meat makes up 70 percent of turkeys while dark meat makes up the other 30 percent.
In case you are wondering white meat has fewer calories and fat than dark meat (for all those dieters trying to make it through the holidays).
7) Â We can't handle it all Some of what you eat on Thanksgiving is imported from places that don't even celebrate the holiday.
For example 99.8 percent of imported turkeys come from Canada (they actually do celebrate Thanksgiving but in October) while the Dominican republic produces 51 percent of imported sweet potatoes.
 8)  Thank you berry much A lot of cranberries are needed to accompany all that turkey on Thanksgiving.
10) Some turkeys can't fly but they have been to space In fact turkey was the first meal enjoyed by Neil Armstrongâ
and Buzz Aldrin when they were on the moon. Now you can be the talk of your dinner table this holiday a perfect turkey tidbit to impress holiday dinner guests. 11) Bald eagle who?
It's hard to imagine the turkeyâ as the official bird of the United states but if Ben Franklin had had his way it could have been.
In a letter to his daughter Franklin referred to the turkey saying I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country!
The turkey is a much more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America.
All facts are from the United states Census bureau and the National Turkey Federation i
#12 Worst Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals & Their Health Effects<p>Environmental Working group an organization that advocates against the use of toxic chemicals has released a list of the 12 worst hormone disrupting chemicals.</
and crickets may not be obvious choices for Turkey Day but at a special event this week bug aficionados can taste new insect-y twists on Thanksgiving staples such as pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce.
Patrons will be offered samples of treats along with a small cube of turkey. Those who like what they tried can ask for seconds.
and poultry and decreasing the intake of sodium (salt) and empty calories from solid fats
Babylonian works could be found in Turkey Syria the Levant and Egypt as well as Mesopotamia. oebabylonian scribes were very much in demand at foreign courts...
and environmental problems swept over much of the Middle east felling cities in Turkey and the Levant and contributing to problems that would see the break up of Egypt.
How Peafowls Do it Peacocks and peahens ogether known as peafowls are world famous for the peacock's enormous flashy train
which it uses to woo females. But what else does the mating behavior of peafowls involve?
Outside of the breeding season peafowls roam around in small groups that typically consist of five or six peahens and one or two peacocks.
But during the five-month-long breeding season the birds'social organization completely changes said Jessica Yorzinski an evolutionary biologist at Purdue University in Lafayette Ind.
When a peahen enters the peacock's area he will direct his display at her
Recently Yorzinski and her colleagues discovered that peahens ignore most of a peacock's display train
The upper portion of the train on the other hand may help peahens spot peacocks across large distances or over dense foliage.
If the peahen accepts the peacock's advances she will crouch down on the ground.
The peacock will then perform a hoot dash where he rushes toward the peahen while making a really loud call.
Finally the peacock will climb onto the peahen's back and transfer sperm by pressing his cloaca (waste and reproductive orifice) against her cloaca.
Mating complete the pair departs ways to mate with other peafowls. Â Follow Joseph Castro on Twitter.
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