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Social media users claim to have found a new culprit for sky-high egg prices: chicken feed. The theory gained steam on Facebook, TikTok and Twitter in recent weeks, with some users reporting that ...

With the price of eggs several times higher than a year ago, the solution to the problem seems obvious – raise your own hens. And with spring just around the corner, it’s tempting to head to the feed ...

Wondering what to feed chickens in winter? After 10 years of raising chickens in Iowa where winter temperatures regularly ...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that in 1990, the world’s population of chickens was around 10.6 billion birds. For 2023, that number has grown to some 34.4 billion animals. And ...

Chickens can be surprisingly picky about where they lay their eggs, and sometimes they choose the most unexpected spots.

Tove Danovich is a writer in Portland, Ore., and the author of “Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.” As almost everyone knows, the price of eggs ...

What if egg-laying chickens could roam and play all day long, living out their productive lives in a sun-filled structure equipped with an indoor garden? And what if there were grains strewn over the ...

The short answer is that there are chickens for meat (broilers) and chickens for eggs (layers), and they’re not the same: They’re raised separately and have different lifespans. In fact, for the past ...