Technology invented at UC Davis and developed by Sensit Ventures Inc. could enable hatcheries for laying hens to sex eggs well before hatching by detecting volatile chemicals that cross the shell.

More and more people are choosing to keep their own chickens, bypassing the fluctuating cost of eggs and ensuring that the quality of their poultry and eggs are the standards they want them to be.

Researchers have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an artificial culture vessel made of transparent film, allowing for real-time ...

Fertilised chick eggs can be sexed by the “sniffing” of chemicals that they exude through their shells, a new study has found. The technique could lead to a better, more humane treatment of chicks, ...