The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/chicken/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:04:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png chicken | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/chicken/ 32 32 Poultry producers warn first-ever imports of chickens will destroy local farms https://www.timesofisrael.com/poultry-producers-warn-first-ever-imports-of-chickens-will-destroy-local-farms/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:26:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3635750 Association of Poultry Farmers says 6,000 jobs at risk, mainly on Gaza and northern borders; importers say 'fair competition will benefit consumers'

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]]> How Holocaust survivors flocked to NJ to start a thriving poultry farming industry https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-holocaust-survivors-flocked-to-nj-to-start-a-thriving-poultry-farming-industry/ Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:47:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3082545 Seth Stern's new book 'Speaking Yiddish to Chickens' tells how his grandparents joined thousands of other Jews in a plucky venture as they rebuilt their lives in rural America

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]]> Bird flu detected in Israel in 2nd case within days https://www.timesofisrael.com/bird-flu-detected-in-israel-in-2nd-case-within-days/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:36:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2884612 Nature authorities closely monitoring wild birds, weighing whether to stop feeding cranes in northern Israel to prevent crowding, avoid risk of last year's mass infection

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]]> Bird flu found in northern Israel, same strain as catastrophic 2021 outbreak https://www.timesofisrael.com/bird-flu-found-in-northern-israel-same-strain-as-catastrophic-2021-outbreak/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:37:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2880238&preview=true&preview_id=2880238 Turkeys in slaughterhouse near Beit She'an are first cases of avian influenza this winter; surrounding farms quarantined as authorities look to prevent spread to wild birds

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]]> ‘We felt nauseous’: Family finds cigarette butt in packaged chicken from supermarket https://www.timesofisrael.com/karmiel-man-finds-cigarette-butt-in-packaged-chicken-from-supermarket/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 07:05:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2838187 Oded Chen from Karmiel says his daughters no longer want to eat chicken; factory acknowledges it could be responsible, apologizes for 'distress'

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]]> Cages for laying hens banned from new coops, to be phased out in existing ones https://www.timesofisrael.com/cages-for-laying-hens-banned-from-new-coops-to-be-phased-out-in-existing-ones/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:37:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2784221 Knesset panel approves new animal welfare regulations that also ban starving hens to up egg production. Advocacy group lauds 'victory for animals and public,' after 13-year battle

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]]> Can’t find poultry for Passover? America’s kosher chicken shortage, explained https://www.timesofisrael.com/cant-find-poultry-for-passover-americas-kosher-chicken-shortage-explained/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:54:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2743305 An unusual array of forces have conspired to depress production in the United States, and kosher plants have suffered alongside everyone else

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]]> Bird flu outbreak in northern Israel ebbs; no humans harmed, officials say https://www.timesofisrael.com/bird-flu-outbreak-in-northern-israel-ebbs-no-humans-harmed-officials-say/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:05:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2679490 Agriculture Ministry notes 'encouraging recovery' over past two days; cleanup efforts at Hula Lake Reserve expected to finish next week ahead of migration season

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]]> Environment Ministry: Replace cruel chicken ‘kapparot’ with donations https://www.timesofisrael.com/environment-ministry-replace-chicken-kapparot-with-donations/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:12:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2616328 Pre-Yom Kippur ritual of swinging live chickens around the head to absolve sin causes great suffering, says minister

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]]> Israeli tech aims to block hatching of billions of male chicks fated for culling https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-aims-to-block-hatching-of-billions-of-male-chicks-fated-for-culling/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:42:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2581594 Rehovot team finds 'genetic modification' to halt embryogenesis, stopping formation of males when they are just a cell cluster; males routinely killed because they can't lay eggs

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]]> Lab-grown chicken ‘food revolution’ gathers pace at Ness Ziona eatery https://www.timesofisrael.com/lab-grown-chicken-food-revolution-gathers-pace-at-ness-ziona-eatery/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:46:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2569773 SuperMeat is offering cultured meat burgers and more at its restaurant as it awaits regulatory approval for mass production; owners hope industry can be game-changer for the world

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]]> Whistleblower footage shows filthy conditions at Galilee poultry plant https://www.timesofisrael.com/whistleblower-footage-shows-filthy-conditions-at-galilee-poultry-plant/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:10:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2480484 Ministry fires vet training to be inspector after he complains of Off HaGalil employees picking carcasses off floor and throwing them back onto production line

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]]> Chrissy Teigen makes her first Shabbat dinner https://www.timesofisrael.com/chrissy-teigen-makes-her-first-shabbat-dinner/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:45:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2471528 'Wow I could never do this every Friday but it was beautiful!' tweets model and TV personality, after preparing chicken soup, kugel and more

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]]> ‘World’s 1st lab-grown meat restaurant’ opens in Tel Aviv suburb https://www.timesofisrael.com/worlds-1st-lab-grown-meat-restaurant-opens-in-tel-aviv-suburb/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:08:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2433971 The Chicken sets up shop in Ness Ziona and offers two burgers made of 'crispy cultured chicken fillet' grown from cells in SuperMeat’s factory across the street

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]]> LISTEN: How to throw off the yoke of supermarkets and produce your own eggs https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-to-throw-off-the-yoke-of-supermarkets-and-produce-your-own-eggs-instead/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 08:49:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2278401 With the country experiencing an egg shortage before Passover, raising your own fowl could have kept you in steady supply even while cooped up

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