Three million egg-laying hens are destroyed each year. Researchers believe that this practice is inadequately sustainable and want to see the hens exploited for food, oils and proteins. Three million ...

Some of my laying hens seem to be slowing down. How do I know when to butcher them? If you choose to keep your hens beyond their first two years of laying, their production will gradually fall to the ...

The best chicken feed supports healthy hens and consistent egg production, with the right balance of protein and calcium.

Professor Huaijun Zhou from the Department of Animal Science (Jael Mackendorf/UC Davis) Keel bone damage, such as deviations or fractures in a bird’s breastbone, is a prevalent problem among ...

Take chicken, the meat we Americans eat more than any other: industrial chicken lives out its life in walled houses with tens of thousands of other birds, and balloons to its full size at only 6 weeks ...