(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 ...

A South Texas woman is facing up to 20 years in imprisonment after smuggling rare Dag Tao chickens, which ended with several ...

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after ... approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Public health authorities are urging Americans to check their fridges and freezers after recalling more than 11 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry items over possible listeria ...

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 ...

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after ... approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6 ...