Arden Hills, Minn. – With spring in full force and days getting longer, backyard flock raisers are experiencing two fun moments: New baby chicks and egg production picking up again from the adult ...

A: Patrick Biggs, Ph.D., a flock nutritionist for Purina Animal Nutrition, said in an article from the Purina Animal Nutrition Center that high-producing, well-fed backyard hens can lay up to 250 eggs ...

Genetics is the simple answer. Some chickens lay white shell eggs and some lay brown shell eggs, similar to the way hair color varies in people. Shell color is not associated with the internal ...

Dot’s heading for the hills again. Oh don’t worry, this is actually pretty typical for the chicken. She’s has a daily ritual of taking off the second that her human opens up the coop in the morning ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Bird flu cases and egg prices are on the rise, which may have you thinking about the age-old debate. Which came first? The chicken or the egg? Well, did you know looking at the ...