Hybrid breeds for backyard chicken enthusiasts share a special history with commercial broiler and layer operations.

Looking to show poultry? Emily Shoop of Penn State Extension's 4-H youth development offers a crash course of what to know ...

A Shanghai restaurant has sparked online ridicule after justifying the high price of a half chicken dish by claiming the bird ...

Yellow broilers have steadily lost market share to white broilers over the past five years. Once evenly split, white broilers ...

A Red Star hen, a hybrid breed that lays large brown eggs ... (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File) Poultry veterinarian Simon Shane, who runs www.Egg-News.com, said the government is hesitant to use vaccines ...

With the rising cost of eggs, more people may be considering raising backyard chickens for fresh, homegrown eggs.

A year into the outbreak of avian flu, there is a continuing threat from the virus to poultry flocks and dairy herds, and to a lesser degree humans. Since ...

It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 ...

The USDA post in China expects the higher population of grandparent stock in 2024 will enable higher production of white ...

Broiler chicken health problems primarily relate to ... and heart failure. Among utility breeds, breast blister is the most common health concern. Commercial-strain Cornish-cross broilers are ...

North Carolina producer emphasizes animal welfare, genetic preservation, environmental responsibility and the flavor of the final product.