A warmer climate means there will be less fungus growth, so the destructive moths will lay more eggs and reproduce more quickly, resulting in increased defoliation of trees. The research in this case ...

Fewer than 150 commercial egg farms with flocks of at least 75,000 now house over 95% of egg-laying hens, the United Egg Producers trade group estimates. Among large operators, at least three in ...

The laying of this year’s first egg was captured on YouTube live at 1:56 p.m. Tuesday, about 7 hours and 50 minutes into the video above. Harry and Harriet are most often seen in the nest about ...

AP About half of the newborn birds are female — with hens beginning to lay their own eggs at the age of six months. New York state had sanitized 15,000 eggs from Crescent Duck Farm at an off ...

US egg prices have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels, with wholesale costs reaching over $8 per dozen as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to devastate commercial laying flocks ...

America’s flock of egg-laying hens dropped to the lowest since 2016 in January as avian influenza resulted in the death of millions of birds, driving egg prices to record levels. Eggs have been ...

America’s flock of egg-laying hens dropped to the lowest since 2016 in January as avian influenza resulted in the death of millions of birds, driving egg prices to record levels. Eggs have been ...

(Bloomberg) -- America’s flock of egg-laying hens dropped to the lowest since 2016 in January as avian influenza resulted in the death of millions of birds, driving egg prices to record levels.

You can definitely spend a lot raising fancy chickens that lay fancifully colored eggs, residing in Pinterest-worthy chicken coops and feasting on organic feed. By those standards, it’s ...

By the time they go through the cleanup process, by the time new chickens are hatching and ready to lay eggs, you're talking about a couple of months," Better Qualified CEO Paul Oster said.

It takes months for farms to return to full production after an outbreak because they need to dispose of dead chickens, clean infected barns and bring in new birds to lay eggs. About 163 million ...

A breed's genetic makeup determines the color of the eggs it produces. For example, a Leghorn chicken will lay a white egg, whereas an Orpington will lay brown eggs. Over 1,600 chicken breeds are ...