For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

SPENCERVILLE —The Ohio Department of Agriculture signed the final permits Friday for Pine Valley Ranch LLC, an egg-laying facility that will include over 2.2 million chickens and was a hotly contested ...

Mrs Kasendi Mutinda collects eggs at her chicken farm in Ngengeka village, Kitui county. The farmer rears over 500 layers which gives her 12 crates of eggs per day. She says demand for eggs is steady ...

Poultry farming involves raising domesticated birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese for their meat or eggs. The industry has been growing rapidly over the past few years, and chicken ...