Chickens have three primary goals in life — to eat, to avoid being eaten, and to make more chickens. Thus, flock necessities involve providing...
Hawaiʻi residents who keep backyard poultry flocks or are involved in bird rescue are asked to participate in a new survey aimed at gathering...
Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the...
The end-of-day chitchat among the parents at my kid’s school tends to revolve around the usual pleasantries: soccer schedules, the weather, the latest snow...
Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak.
Keeping home chickens as a pastime has...
The chickens on Manners Farms were happier, healthier, and tastier after a trial run of Northern Ontario’s first fully automated pasture barn this past...
Merck Animal Health recently announced that the FDA has approved its new product, Safe-Guard AquaSol® (fenbendazole oral suspension), for use in backyard chicken flocks....
Homegrown eggs are so tasty they are unlikely to sit around long enough to spoil. However, eggs do occasionally go off. Every chicken keeper...
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...