In 2004 the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) conducted a chicken census. The results were astounding: of 70 chicken breeds maintained in the United States, half were endangered and 20 were ...

Keeping chickens can be a fun and rewarding experience. An important part of beginning your chicken-keeping hobby is choosing which breed of bird to house in your backyard coop. Important factors to ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) The Ayam Cemani is one of the most impressive-looking of all poultry breeds. This rare breed of chicken from Indonesia has gained notoriety all over the world for its unique look and ...

“So I raised these things,” Bradshaw recalls. “I didn’t have any grand plans. But then I put them up for auction on the Internet, and the first pair sold for $4,500. A hen lays 200 eggs a year. I was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BLACKJACK, MO (KTVI) – The issue of urban ...

Mayo admitted to illegally smuggling 60 Dong Tao chicken eggs and attempting to hatch them at her home in Ingleside, a community in the Corpus Christi area. She told officials all of the chickens that ...

Hens that do not produce their own chicks have been developed for use as surrogates to lay eggs from rare breeds. The advance -- using gene-editing techniques -- could help to boost breeding of ...

The United Kingdom’s leading rural insurer, NFU Mutual, tells Farmers Weekly that as part of its annual survey in rural crime, it has identified a rise of thefts of exotic chicken breeds, including ...

Chickens have been killed at a Stockport allotment - the second time in six months that birds have been slaughtered. Four birds belonging to Valerie Jobling were killed by an intruder at Whitehill ...

The pictures of dead chickens began to arrive in Lee Grant’s inbox two weeks ago, each of them dropping with an eerie ‘ping’. One showed a twisted pile of a dozen birds on the floor of a barn, next to ...