Back in late spring, I quadrupled the number of sentient beings I’m responsible for when I picked up four chicks at the local farm store and installed them in my dining room in a brooder. Those four ...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that in 1990, the world’s population of chickens was around 10.6 billion birds. For 2023, that number has grown to some 34.4 billion animals. And ...

On Aug. 11, 2016, around 100 people met with leaders of a Michigan-based company that wanted to build a massive egg production farm in the Mercersburg area. Exactly six years later, Herbruck’s Poultry ...

Raising chickens for eggs can be rewarding, but — as I wrote previously — it requires a commitment of time and money. If you do it properly, you will never have a shortage of fresh eggs, year-round.

Egg prices have risen sharply, with a dozen now costing an average of $4.95 nationwide, due in part to a bird flu outbreak. The avian flu has impacted over 157 million poultry, including egg-laying ...

Shoppers used to picking up the cheapest eggs at the grocery store may now be reaching for higher-end cartons. That’s because bird flu is turbocharging prices of commercially produced eggs, while ...