Mother Nature is still in charge when it comes to growing our food and supply & demand are still economic factors in pricing.

Egg-laying hens and broiler chickens – poultry raised for meat – are different, said Will Strickland, an assistant extension agent for Louisiana State University's AgCenter. Egg layers ...

The bird flu had been decimating flocks since 2022 but especially ramped up in 2024 — more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the US died between September and December, data from the US ...

The State Board of Animal Health announced Monday it has quarantined more than 918,000 chickens at a commercial egg laying operation in Jay County, which is located between Fort Wayne and Muncie ...

Yoder says with chickens and the eggs, sometimes there's enough, and other times there are too many. Chickens lay the most eggs in the spring and summer months, he said. Joseph Yoder has about 200 ...

With the price of eggs skyrocketing, some shoppers are considering keeping their own backyard laying hens, but experts say there are drawbacks that may make that chicken coop more expensive than ...

While high egg prices may make raising chickens seem appealing, the costs and effort involved may outweigh the benefits for many. Different chicken breeds lay various colored eggs, offering a ...

Languages: English. A weekly report from the Agricultural Marketing Service highlights the impact of ongoing bird flu outbreaks by showing the losses of chickens that lay eggs due to bird flu in ...

Aren't hens just popping out a bunch of eggs each day? If you google questions like "how often do hens lay eggs?" and "how many eggs do chickens lay a day?" the search engine will first feed you ...

JEN TOMPKINS IS THE FOUNDER OF RENT THE CHICKEN. DURING THAT SIX MONTHS, SHE SAYS, TWO HENS WILL AVERAGE LAYING ABOUT A DOZEN EGGS PER WEEK. SHE KNOWS THAT 500 BUCKS FOR ABOUT 24 DOZEN EGGS OVER ...