Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] One of the interesting facts about the history of that breed is that the US Department of Agriculture Research Center at Beltsville, Maryland developed that breed over seven ...

The contemporary chicken was most probably developed from its main wild ancestor, the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), after its domestication in Southeast Asia in 3,200 BC. Over the years, chicken ...

LINDSBORG — When Matt Hemmer was a kid, he would help his dad with the cattle on their family farm in North Dakota. But when Hemmer turned 11, his dad sold the land and moved to Kansas to start a ...

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 ...

Backyard chicken coops became increasingly popular during the pandemic as people scrambled to stay sane; and more recently, soaring egg prices have pushed “backyard chickens” to the top of search ...

Pittsboro, NC -- When we think of extinction, we think of endangered wild animal species--not breeds of poultry and livestock. However, it's estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...

Having had chickens off and on throughout her life, Carmen Goldsmith of Randall liked poultry, but was far from being as ...

Commercial poultry production in Kenya dates back to the 1970s. It is estimated that the poultry population stands at 80 million, with 70 per cent being indigenous backyard flock. The driving factors ...

The simple answer is: Yes! A chicken can produce both meat and eggs. But there is more to it... The breed of chicken really determines how many eggs or meat can be produced. Lately, there has been ...

On this Arkansas chicken farm, when the public tour starts at dawn, the doors to the chicken barns are closed to keep out night-time predators. Then, the doors are thrown open and there’s a rush of ...