Chickens stand in an enriched, or colony, cage system that gives them a darkened area for nesting at the JS West farm in 2011 in Atwater, Calif. For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in ...

“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which ...

Bernadette just turned 10 years old. Last year she laid three eggs, an amazing amount given that she is, in human years, a centenarian. For the past decade, I’ve kept backyard hens, which supply me ...

The deep litter system of rearing birds is one of the popular methods embraced by commercial poultry farmers in Uganda. However, the system comes at the expense of big spaces, and a couple of other ...

Here are ways to help our feathered friends during bird flu season, and help slow spread of salmonella at feeders, bird baths ...

For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in the Upper Midwest, a large commercial egg farm has been probed with every tool of modern science. Researchers have collected data on feed consumed ...

For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in the Upper Midwest, a large commercial egg farm has been probed with every tool of modern science. Researchers have collected data on feed consumed ...