Ida Toivonen (30) is the manager of Säkylän Munakori, a farm in Finland with 140,000 DeKalb White laying hens in 4 identical ...

If your peeps are still indoors, spring is the best time to set up your coop and prepare to send them outside for the first ...

Pick up tips from readers for building a small hatchery business, selling cut flowers, companion planting with calendula, DIY ...

Some Michigan lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it easier statewide to keep egg-laying hens if certain ...

Raising backyard chickens can be a rewarding experience, providing fresh eggs, natural pest control, and a closer connection ...

In 2009, Maine passed a resolution authorizing the state’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Resources to develop so-called “best management practices” for egg-laying hen facilities with ...

In the "best-case scenario," with no more bird losses ... the same impact on beef and dairy cattle supplies as it is on hen-laying birds, despite a variant of the bird flu being found in dairy ...

The forum comes in the wake of the Township Council approving an ordinance – at the behest of Potosnak – that allows for the raising of chickens in residential zones. Prior to the new ordinance, ...

MU Extension will host a Backyard Laying Hen Workshop designed for both experienced and novice small-scale poultry producers.

“But I do think there is enough groundswell of interest that it would really be nice if some staff could be assigned to really look at this issue of having chickens for the sole purpose of ...