A case report on a spotty liver disease outbreak in two flocks in southern Georgia highlights the limitations of using ...
The HPAI outbreak that has been raging on since February 2022 has affected over 100 million hens from commercial table-egg ...
The current spike in egg prices has been driven by a virulent strain of bird flu that caused the death of 20 million egg-laying chickens in the last quarter of 2024 alone. According to the US ...
At the end of 2022, the U.S. had 308 million commercial egg-laying hens. According to World Animal Protection, more than 95 percent of these hens live in factory farming conditions. Chickens ...
A breakdown of the approximate costs associated with starting a flock of laying chickens. For O’Brien, her birds mean more than farm fresh eggs and chicks to sell. “I love my chickens.
The threat of bird flu has already meant that more than 166 million egg-laying hens have been culled since the outbreak began, in 2022. As a result, the price of eggs is predicted to climb 41 ...
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 ...
ERR's "Aktuaalne kaamera. Nädal" investigated the living conditions of perch and free-range hens and whether such a shift would impact egg quality. According to data from Statistics Estonia, nearly ...
The nutrient content of eggs from free-range hens is the same as those from hens housed in production facilities with cages.” It’s amazing what a group can do with a $20 million annual budget.