Local farmers are seeing not only a demand for eggs, but chickens, increasing as prices continue to remain high in grocery ...

Australorps are beautiful sleek black birds with pinkish-red combs, and they’re treasured by many chicken enthusiasts. (Outside of the U.S., they’re available in other colors, too.) Most Australorp ...

As egg prices have gone up, some Florida residents are crowing about raising their own chickens ... two Rhode Island Reds and an Australorp hen. She said she plans on hatching some of her own ...

Higher prices have sent consumers in search of locally produced eggs and inspired do-it-yourself chicken farmers among local residents. Spencer now owns an Easter egger hen and rooster, two Rhode ...

“If the chickens are vaxxed, I won’t eat them,” rebuked one person. “I’ll be buying from local farms.” The new push comes in the wake of the U.S. Department of Agriculture issuing a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of ...

Producers blame it on the bird flu that has forced them to euthanize millions of chickens. With relief not expected anytime soon, some egg consumers are now looking for alternatives, including ...

Just get a chicken for your backyard. That was how Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins responded recently when asked on Fox News about the rising price of eggs. Rollins suggested backyard ...

The report added that if bird flu becomes more widespread, vaccinating chickens against bird flu could become the norm. Cases of H5N1 in humans have been rare. However, the first death from the ...