When you think of rheas, you probably think of the grasslands of Argentina rather than a biosphere reserve in ...

The journey to Pleasant View is part of its magic – a deliberate detour from Wisconsin’s main thoroughfares that takes you through rolling farmland where horses pull plows and laundry dries on ...

Tucked away in the heart of Illinois farm country sits Arcola, a town where your dollar stretches further than your grandmother’s secret cookie dough recipe.

Nearly 145 hens in the middle of a walnut orchard is not something you see every day, but the brood of hardworking ladies has ...

Mr Carbstrong added: “Egg-laying hens have been genetically manipulated to produce around 300 eggs per year – far beyond the 10 to 15 eggs naturally laid by their ancestor, the red junglefowl.

Rupam Ganguly, owner of a free-range poultry farm in Arambagh, believes the difference between regular eggs and free-range eggs is apparent. “The hens in a free-range farm are raised in a stress-free ...

The investigation found egg-laying hens in more than 35 countries were trapped in filthy, overcrowded cages, with injured birds, rotting carcasses and disease-ridden conditions.

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) An egg farm in North Manchester is set to become the second of its kind in the country. Kipster ...

At the same time, Hickman's Egg Ranch, which is Arizona's largest egg producer and one of the nation's top 20 producers, has had to destroy the chickens at three of its four farms due to the bird flu.

Hens whose egg production has declined are dubbed “spent”, before they are killed and their carcasses are packaged for meat.. Animal-lovers have for years objected to the gassing of pigs with carbon ...