White Leghorn: Super Egg Layer
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Browse Full-length Non-member TitlesIn Japan, researchers have created a super productive egg layer. The white leghorn hen has lost its instinct to parent due to selective breeding. They abandon the eggs that they lay so energy and time is not spent on caring for a chick. These hens are able to concentrate solely on laying eggs.
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Runtime: 6 minutes 24 seconds
- Topic: Science
- Subtopic: Animals, Biology, Cells, Science Experiments
- Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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- Release Year: 2014
- Producer/Distributor: Film Ideas, Inc
- Series: Superlife
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White Leghorn: Super Egg Layer