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December, 1978

Confused RoostersEast Lansing, Michigan--A New Mexico researcher, attending a dairy- and animal-science convention at Michigan State University, has reported progress in getting hens to lay two eggs a day through the use of female hormones. He added that some male chickens similarly treated developed female traits. One such bird was described as flirting with other roosters and trying to "act as female as he could." Although the same rooster "would just cluck and sing and give me...