Imagine the thrill of checking your nesting boxes daily and discovering a vibrant variety of chicken eggs in various colors.

There’s no one cooler in the chicken/rooster world than Big Red, Nubz, and Greenie, the big bosses around these parts. These ...

Layers supplemented with BACTOCELL throughout the pullet rearing phase showed a better onset of lay, performing close to ...

Grimsby could become home to the UK’s first large-scale onshore salmon farm. A judicial review has upheld North East Lincolnshire council’s decision to grant it planning permission. An animal rights ...

If you have decided to keep chickens in your backyard coop, it is important to know how long they live. Whether you want a ...

Cage-free eggs have become a popular grocery purchase due to growing concerns about animal welfare. In early 2024, they ...

The only difference between brown and white eggs is the color of the shell, which depends on the breed of hen that lays them.

The five breeds of Jing-series layers — Jinghong 1, Jingfen 1, Jingfen 2, Jingbai 1, and Jingfen 6 — cover all egg colors, ...

Backyard poultry As Pakistan grapples with rising food costs and continued dependence on imported poultry breeds, the new chicken breed ... hens UniGold hens reach laying maturity by 25–26 ...

The UniGold breed surpasses traditional indigenous chickens in productivity. While native hens typically lay only 70–80 eggs annually, UniGold hens can produce between 179 and 212 eggs per year ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs. Village chickens in Petauke, Zambia.Credit ...

Chickens and other birds die in swathes if ... while the European Leghorn – whose genetics are used in commercial egg-laying breeds – is highly susceptible. Local breeds can also have better ...