Mr. Edwin Palapala who keeps birds on free range system in his Ikolomani farm Kakamega County. [Chrispen Sechere, Standard]. There are a number of poultry rearing systems and each has its advantages ...

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside. File photo: In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That's a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while ...

Chicken producer Perdue Farms has been expanding the volume of free-range chickens it sells in an effort to provide a higher-quality product, as well as to boast a better lifestyle for the birds. That ...

Free-range chickens may have greater exposure to bird flu than their caged compatriots because the free flocks have access to outdoor areas that could be visited by wild birds believed to be a primary ...

The story of the French Chicken Farmer reminds one of the 1950s sitcom Green Acres. You know, the show about the couple who moves from a glamorous life in New York City to try their hand at working ...

Packages of Perdue Harvestland “free range” chicken sit on a refrigerated store shelf. Just because a package says “free range” doesn’t necessarily mean the chicken ever left the barn. Ames Alexander ...

Charles Ochsner has always wanted to be able to make a living off his family's 124-acre spread in rural Glyndon. Now he's decided to raise Cornish cross chickens, without using antibiotics or growth ...

German officials on Wednesday ramped up measures to stem a current outbreak of bird flu that has killed thousands of wild ...

ALBANY, Minn. — As the sun rises at Emmerich’s Produce and Pumpkins farm, about 100 chickens exit their coop. They are free to roam the yard for the rest of daylight. “I know that I have really happy ...

Farmers across swathes of Britain have been ordered to keep their flocks indoors as cases of bird flu surge across Europe.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while ...