(Courtesy Cutest Coops) Thinking about raising chickens ... laying cycle. But most of the time they won’t lay in the heat of the summer.” The more moderate temperatures North Texas generally ...

USDA's APHIS and Oregon state officials are investigating a backyard farm where H5N1 avian influenza was detected in poultry ...

Once they start laying, or at 20 weeks (this usually coincides) they graduate to the layer stage. Chickens generally stay in that phase for three years, and while production will begin to drop off ...

Once your chickens start laying (and this should be happening about now if you got spring chickens), here are the things you ...

They are not a recognized breed by the American Poultry Association but rather a mix of different breeds that carry the blue ...

When the Harvest Festival and Livestock Show kicks off Tuesday, it’ll mark the 50th iteration of an event that has helped ...

A chicken snake is a type of snake known for raiding chicken coops to eat eggs, birds and small mammals, such as rats and mice. This behavior makes these reptiles both a friend and a foe to farmers.

Hens are primarily known for their ability to lay eggs, with many laying one egg almost daily, depending on the breed and environmental conditions. Apart from egg-laying, hens are also raised for ...

Farmers are ordered to stop using them nine days before broiler chickens are slaughtered to allow any residues to leave their bodies. It is also forbidden to feed them to laying hens. The Soil ...

Scotland could become the first part of the UK to ban egg companies from keeping chickens in cages. The Scottish government has announced a new consultation, external on outlawing the use of cages ...

Mr Fairlie said the Scottish government's most recent programme for government had included commitments "to improve the welfare of laying hens to ensure their confinement does not negatively ...