With sticker shock still affecting grocery shoppers, many people may be wondering if buying chickens could be the correct ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered a delay in the enforcement of cage-free chicken farming in Arizona in the hopes of lowering the cost ...

Although battery caged hens have been banned since 2022, colony cages - which are much larger but house dozens of hens - are ...

The Poultry Handling and Transportation certification offers industry professionals a refresher on how to care for birds when ...

Eggs are a hot topic across the country and in our community, as prices rise and worries about bird flu are becoming more concerning. Something else to consider is a ...

Civil society groups are urging key role players in the South African egg industry to reject what they say are ‘cruel and unsustainable systems, such as battery cages, and to make independent, ethical ...

State lawmakers are moving to undo rules designed for more humane treatment of laying hens based on the claim by its sponsor ...

The Agriculture and Food Board (PTA) is establishing a unit that will respond to reports concerning animal welfare across ...

The bird flu outbreak is largely due to the close quarters and poor conditions of farmed animals in factory farming conditions, and to protect ourselves in the future, we must protect chickens, too.

As they grow, they are often held in battery cages, which are small wire enclosures where several birds are crammed together. According to PETA, the average factory farmed egg-laying hen spends ...

The legislation from Sen. Shawnna Bolick, R-Phoenix, to overturn the rule before it takes effect would allow hens to be kept all their lives in cages as small as 67 square inches of usable floor ...