The Leghorn is a Heritage Breed listed ... but it has the distinction of being the only hen-feathered chicken and comes in two colors — golden and silver. Sebrights are mostly ornamental.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The price of silver today, as of 9:12 am ET, was $33.12 per ounce. That’s up 0.24% from yesterday’s silver price of $33.04.

Rotisserie chicken is often cited as an easy and quick option for delicious protein. But how healthy is it? A pre-cooked, pre-seasoned, packaged and plentiful source of protein sounds like a ...

Rollins suggested backyard chickens could be a potential “silver lining,” arguing it would be “awesome” if more Americans set up personal coops. Rollins may be wise to remember that old ad ...

Whitney Bissonnette, an Arkansas-based chicken breeder, is fielding 50 to 100 messages every day from people asking to buy her chickens. The messages coming from across the country are double the ...

AKAKI, Cyprus, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of retired hens to fertilize olive groves in a pilot project they say boosts yields, counters disease ...

These days it's not the size of the chicken but the size of the chicken's egg that counts. Rob Griffin and his family were stunned recently when their chicken laid a massive egg more than three ...

America’s flock of egg-laying hens dropped to the lowest since 2016 in January as avian influenza resulted in the death of millions of birds, driving egg prices to record levels. Eggs have been ...

As the steward of four sweet but dimwitted backyard chickens, I'll caution that ... Brahmas, and White Leghorns—which is fine if your priority is a bird that will produce a lot of eggs and ...

AKAKI, Cyprus - Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of retired hens to fertilize olive groves in a pilot project they say boosts yields, counters disease, and helps to manage food waste.

Organic farmer Nicolas Netien feeds retired farm hens with scraps of leftover food at a farm, where hens are used to fertilise and mow olive groves in a pilot project, which has boosted crop ...

Hilliker has nonetheless had to tighten its procedures with an eye toward protecting the nearly 30,000 leghorn chickens in its free-range barns. That means this family-run business, which delivers ...