So far, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed a staggering 41 outbreaks this year that struck down entire egg-laying flocks in Arizona, California, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, ...

Bird flu has wiped out more than 30 million chickens so far this year - A new bird flu outbreak has been reported in Ohio ...

WALB travels to the city of Fitzgerald to explore the long-standing question: How did the chicken cross the road?

If you think chickens can’t teach kids life lessons, you haven’t talked to Esther Douglas. She’s been working with six ...

This new genetic knowledge could help identify birds that are naturally more resistant ... of gene expression across multiple tissues in chickens, Nature Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

Everyone is after the same thing: baby chickens. The high price of eggs is creating a demand for chickens. Nationwide, the ...

When done right, however, Beyer says that raising chickens can be economical and environmentally friendly. “Eggs from home ...

First we stuffed the chickens into plastic buckets. Then we’d turn on the gas and… suddenly there’d be this screech, this horrible, unearthly screech: ‘Giii! Giii!’ “I hear it even now…” There are ...

Joy O’Keefe, an associate professor and wildlife extension specialist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the risk of bird flu for backyard chickens depends on a few factors.

High egg prices are driving more families to get their eggs from their backyards instead of the grocery stores.

A new inspection report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed that more than 3,000 chickens died while en ...