Using a boot bath before and after you visit your chickens keeps your footwear clean. More important, it enhances your biosecurity measures to ensure that your flock stays healthy. The procedure for maintaining a boot bath and sanitizer is...
As someone intimately involved in poultry, I find it hard to admit when I discover
something I didn’t know about the poultry industry. But that’s exactly what happened several years ago when my eldest son decided to start his own...
Keeping small poultry flocks continues to be one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the US. If you have a small poultry flock or are thinking of getting one, you should be aware of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1....
Chicken keepers in the United States are a diverse bunch in such things as where they live, how many chickens they keep, and what they feed their flock. A paper published in Poultry Science offers some interesting insights about...
What could have been a simple afternoon public meeting in Guelph/Eramosa veered into a philosophical debate over whether it is right for a municipality to regulate something that may provide food for a family.
That may have been beyond the...
Anyone who keeps outdoor birds in Wales and England will now have to register them as part of efforts to prevent fresh outbreaks of bird flu.
Birds kept indoors are not affected, but anyone with chickens, fowl or pigeons living...
What, exactly, are free-range chickens? According to USDA, free-range chickens must be “allowed access to the outside.” That doesn’t mean they actually have to go outside. They just have to have outdoor access.
On the other hand, to many rural...
How to keep free range chickens safe by adding cover to their runs and pastures is said to be one of the best ways to protect your birds from predators. When chickens feel safe and comfortable, it encourages better...
How old can eggs get— if they aren’t deliberately preserved — is a question facing archeologist investigating a 1,700 year old egg discovered in England. The shell is still intact and CT scans show the egg contains liquid, possibly...
The stuff scattered over the floor of a chicken coop is often called bedding, because at night livestock bed down on. Although chickens may rest on the floor during the day, at night they would rather roost than bed....