Whether for consumption of the bird or the eggs it lays, chickens have played a vital role in the survival of humans for ...

The Silky breed would sit on eggs every day if they could ... Chickens are everywhere in the barn at Shepherd's Market in Big Prairie. Chickens "don't lay as good as they get older," Joseph ...

The report from the Agricultural Marketing Service, which operates under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), documents losses of egg-laying breeds ... The largest losses in chickens have ...

Lindsey Wasson / AP At least one farm advocacy group, Farm Action, is accusing big egg corporations ... lay as many eggs during winter or when they get older – most chicken breeds begin to ...

That breed had brown feathers, which made it look just like a local village chicken that no longer produced eggs. Buyers were ... he could offer free delivery — a big selling point in a large ...