Hybrid breeds for backyard chicken enthusiasts share a special history with commercial broiler and layer operations.

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs.

I got interested in breeds of chickens early in life, while living with my grandmother in the 1940s and early 1950s. She raised chicken in the backyard solely for meat. I was always fascinated by ...

Edward Skelly, a young farmer in New Franklin, Pennsylvania, became known for his successful poultry farm in the early 1900s.

Chicken owners learn about the initial setup, like setting up a chicken coop along with chicken breeds and their nutrition.

Suppliers and customers are seeing an increase in chick sales as more people look for affordable and alternative eggs amid ...

The price of eggs has prompted many to either forgo buying eggs or find ways to save money on eggs. We break down the costs ...

Consumer Reports has released details of an investigation highlighting the most contaminated poultry processing plants in the U.S., pinpointing those with persistently high levels of Salmonella ...

Wiping out the working offspring of these breeders wouldn’t do anything to alter the next generations of chickens coming down the line. Another problem with the let-it-rip strategy would be the ...

Some chicken owners report that their pink eggs will turn brown when they wash them with water but return to pink as they dry. The breed of chicken matters, but no one breed assures pink eggs.

In recent months, travel trends such as airport theory, seat squatting and playing ‘check-in chicken’ have taken the online world by storm. Are they genius shortcuts or guaranteed disasters?