Back in late spring, I quadrupled the number of sentient beings I’m responsible for when I picked up four chicks at the local ...

In Episode 153 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re asking the big questions about chicken eggs: How many eggs does a chicken lay a day? What factors affect egg yield? And why do chickens stop ...

For an egg to be fertilized or contain both male and female genetic material that is usually necessary to create an embryo a hen must mate with a rooster. If an egg does not contain the roosters’ ...

Recently, Mrs. Jackson’s second-grade class at Two Mile Prairie Elementary asked why chickens lay different colored eggs. These students were lucky enough to have their own school chicken coop and ...

There is no evidence that chicken feed is being sabotaged or impacting the number of eggs that backyard hens are laying, poultry science experts said. Several feed suppliers, including Tractor Supply ...

When it comes to bread and rice, the brown version of each is typically better for us, so we asked an expert if the same was ...