Tight supply and high demand directly caused wholesale egg prices to increase for months, culminating in record-high wholesale prices in late February, as well as "intermittent shortages of eggs at ...

Local hatcheries say chick season is booming, with more people looking to raise hens for eggs. But raising chickens takes ...

If you want to spend a bunch on raising chickens, you sure can. Michael Johnson shares how it doesn't have to be that way.

Inflation cooled for a second straight month in March as the Consumer Price Index dipped to 2.4% from 2.8% in February, based ...

Egg prices have reached record highs as bird flu outbreaks have hit poultry farms and forced producers to cull tens of ...

Second-Hen’d is a local organization dedicated to helping “spent” hens, meaning egg-producing chickens that once laid eggs in ...

Georgetown's code is a little murky; chickens are allowed only "in conjunction with a legitimate farming operation" or within ...

Chickens in the wild lay fewer than 20 eggs a year and can live to 30 years old. Contemporary laying hens from hatcheries — the type that are in backyards, as well as factory farms — lay ...

Shockingly, the updates ignore one of the most egregious practices—the cruelty of confining hens in cages. Animal Justice investigations have repeatedly exposed the cruelty of cages in farms across ...

Caleb Smith grabs chicks for a shopper at the Anoka-Ramsey Farm & Garden in Anoka on Friday. Smith has worked at the farm since he was a seventh grader. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

“Avian flu is devastating chicken populations and ... Cage-free systems vary from farm to farm and can include multi-tier aviaries that allow hens to exhibit natural behaviors and include ...

Egg laying hens are particularly susceptible to infection ... invest in gold-standard biosecurity measures for all U.S. poultry producers, increase relief to aid farmers and accelerate ...