Fox News host learns pigeons actually do lay eggs in brutal fact check to his face

Source: rawstory.com · Published: 2026-08-01

<img src="https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/fox-news-channel-logo-photo-credit-poetra-rh-shutterstock.jpg?id=67094530&width=1245&height=700&coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C1"/><br/><br/><p>A Fox News anchor had to get a humiliating fact check from one of his guests after blundering on basic biology.</p><p>Will Cain had on Matt DuBoise of Carolina Coops, a poultry coop manufacturer in North Carolina, to talk about boxing legend Mike Tyson's coop for pigeons — and he opened the segment by asking DuBoise, "Mike Tyson knows pigeons don't lay eggs, right?"</p><p>After an awkward second, DuBoise said, "Uh, well actually, they — they do, but just not the chicken eggs that we want."</p><p>"Ah!" said Cain, smiling as he recovered.</p><p>Pigeons, like all birds, do in fact lay hard-shelled eggs. They're even edible, although they're <a href="https://www.tastingtable.com/1749214/are-pigeon-eggs-good-to-eat/" target="_blank">not very commonly sold and fetch a hefty price</a> due to the difficulties in producing them at scale.<br/></p><p>This isn't the first Fox News egg-related controversy. The network infamously hosted Trump administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Jenkins last year in the middle of a critical egg shortage, where she proclaimed people should just <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/egg-prices/" target="_blank">raise chickens in their backyards</a> if they want cheap eggs.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 640px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="2083297821944688644" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2083297821944688644&lang=en&maxWidth=640px&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2677645004%23advanced&sessionId=0dc76e577b0576ee258c3c6066d744963df3c1f1&theme=light&widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 640px; height: 361px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js"></script></p>