Sometime during or after lockdown, a substantial number of people decided it would easier to raise their own chickens than buying eggs from the grocery store. With worldwide supply chain issues due to ...

Dead cranes lie in the Linumer Teichland. The authorities estimate that more than 1,000 cranes have died of bird flu in Brandenburg. Nobert Schneeweiß ...

Q: Are "free-range chickens" truly so? I have heard that in most instances, the chickens are granted release from constricted cages for a short time only and still spend their lives in small cages. A: ...

Coccidiosis is a major disease affecting poultry globally. The disease has long been associated with indigenous chickens reared free-range. It is caused by a protozoal organism scientifically known as ...

A petition was submitted on behalf of Perdue Farms LLC earlier this month, requesting rulemaking by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to define separate “free range” and “pasture-raised ...

North Carolina’s poultry farms are everywhere. The state cloaks big poultry in secrecy to the point regulators don’t even know where most of the farms are located. Neighbors complain about the stench ...

The term “free-range” brings to mind verdant pastures, blue skies and chickens happily milling about. In reality, it can be a very different picture. The term was originally used in ranch country as a ...

A group representing poultry farmers in Germany is pushing for greater protection of their flocks as bird flu spreads rapidly across the country. The top priority must be to prevent the spread of the ...