This edition of the Happy Homestead talks about raising your own laying hens from hatching all the way up to full grown hens ...

For eastern phoebes, a single nest requires so much incubating that splitting up the effort is almost sure to fail.

Year after year, chicken remains the most popular meat to eat in the United States. Long before the country existed, however, chickens lived in tandem with human beings. They were domesticated some 8, ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ...

The government has banned the use of 18 antibiotics, 18 antivirals, and one anti-protozoan in egg-laying birds, milch animals ...

Crack the truth about eggs! From cholesterol myths to fresh vs. old, clear up common misconceptions about these breakfast ...

At the retail level, you can still find a dozen free-run eggs on sale for $5, whether you’re in Vancouver, Toronto, or ...

Now the Trump administration appears to be alleging that voters were somehow hoodwinked into supporting the measure by ...

One of the most common questions bird owners ask is whether their pet needs dietary supplements. The answer is not always straightforward. While some birds thrive on well-balanced diets without added ...

Animal lovers are being urged to open their coops — or back gardens — as a charity scrambles to rehome hundreds of caged hens ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

Clad in all kinds of ornate and beautiful colors, the butterfly is a winged insect that flies from flower to flower, consuming the rich, sugary nectar inside. There are nearly 20,000 species of ...