Now four years later, a dozen eggs costs an average of nearly $5 in the U.S. because of the lingering bird flu, so Nevada ...

Anxieties are high as experts warn the avian flu outbreak could worsen in the spring, but egg prices are spurring more ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens and other fowl Friday after seven ...

The cost problem is more acute in some states. Mashed reports that California, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Nevada, ...

A new review article published in Avian Diseases examines Erysipelas, a bacterial disease caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, which has re-emerged as a significant concern in laying hens. Although ...

According to official figures, 62% of the UK's 29 million laying hens are kept in battery cages, while 34% are free range and 4% are kept in barn systems. Across 27 EU countries, an estimated 200 ...

Battery cage farms are a living hell for the innocent hens who lay eggs for McDonald’s South Africa. All this suffering for a mere R10 meal.” She adds: “Ever since I was a little girl, I had chickens ...

These regulations promote cage-free egg production, which ensures hens have space to roam and flap their wings. While this setup can be entirely indoors, it must provide adequate space and often ...

Just one week ago, everything seemed normal in the henhouse. They had 3,000 hens, and now none of them are left. The owners first noticed that 30 of them died, but that happened as temperatures ...

Kakadoodle Farm in Matteson lost its entire flock of nearly 3,000 hens. The saga at the farm began last week, when a handful of chickens started dying without any symptoms. The owners of the farm ...

Farms with 3,000 hens or fewer are exempt from the requirement ... "Colorado’s current ban on the production and in-state sale of eggs from battery cage systems mirrors laws passed by 14 other states ...