In order to keep healthy the 200 million chicken raised in South Carolina -- and the humans who ate them -- Clemson University researchers are using nanoparticles. They call this intelligent chicken ...

In poultry houses where broiler chickens—birds bred and raised specifically for meat production—are grown, feed is delivered ...

Many families are woried about food costs - especially meat, eggs and protien. Your backyard actually has potential to ...

New York (CNN) — Perdue believes it has a clever way to combat criticism about chicken production: sell humans practically the same food it feeds its chickens. The company has created “Chix Mix,” a ...

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 ...

Chickens peck at food scraps in a compost pile at Black Dirt Farm, a chicken farm that uses food waste as feed. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger Chicken farmers who also run compost operations say a ...