If you are a poultry hobbyist, you must have heard of the adorable Silkie chicken! This unique breed is unlike any other and has been beloved by people worldwide for centuries. Silkie Chicken. Image ...

Roosters have little to recommend them except their good looks. I have always enjoyed my hens and, last summer, after the loss of my Barred Rock, Dolores, I adopted two Easter Eggers and two Silkies, ...

We’ve been experiencing nonstop rain since Jan 10, and while some Singaporeans are loving the sweater weather, others have had their weekend plans completely disrupted. The unseasonably wet weather, ...

In November and December alone, 17.2 million egg-laying hens died as a result of the virus. That’s nearly half of all birds killed by the virus in 2024, according to the USDA. And it will take ...

Bird Flu Kills 20 Million Chickens in U.S., Driving Egg Prices Sky-High By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A deadly bird flu outbreak has wreaked havoc ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A severe bird flu outbreak has led to the death of over 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S., causing egg prices to soar. The virus, spreading more in ...

More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu, data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows, marking the worst toll inflicted on America's egg ...

Known as the ‘Lamborghini of the poultry world’, the Ayam Cemani is the world’s most expensive breed of chicken, with a single bird fetching prices of up to $5,000. Image credit: Courtesy of Pixabay ...

Photos of bare grocery refrigerator cases and tales of egg prices gone wild have been rampant on social media this winter. The scenes aren’t manufactured drama. The Agriculture Department noted ...

Katriona Shovlin has been running her Hen Weekend Chicken Boarding business from her home in Upchurch, Kent, since late 2023, and it has been going from strength to strength.

A homeowner in Pasadena who was forced to leave her home because of the Eaton Fire returned to save her chickens. As KCAL News Reporter Jasmine Viel and her photographer John Schreiber were ...

So there was a glitch when one of the adopted hens turned out to be a rooster. My friend Dawn Wittman had taken two Silkies and two Polish hens, and now one of the Silkies was trying to crow ...