Using a boot bath before and after you visit your chickens keeps your footwear clean. More important, it enhances your biosecurity measures to ensure...
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...
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...
Chicken keepers in the United States are a diverse bunch in such things as where they live, how many chickens they keep, and what...
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...
Anyone who keeps outdoor birds in Wales and England will now have to register them as part of efforts to prevent fresh outbreaks of...
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...
How to keep free range chickens safe by adding cover to their runs and pastures is said to be one of the best ways...
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...
The stuff scattered over the floor of a chicken coop is often called bedding, because at night livestock bed down on. Although chickens may...