Although European authorities recognize up to 20 colors, the APA recognizes only five varieties in both bantam and large size. The Australorp chicken, a primarily black chicken breed developed in ...

Because they have very small beaks and mature more slowly than other breeds, bantam chicks should start on crumbs and then only switch to grown-up food at around 20 weeks. Smaller-sized pellets ...

Looking to show poultry? Emily Shoop of Penn State Extension's 4-H youth development offers a crash course of what to know ...

With egg shortages expected to last several years, demand for backyard chickens is soaring. Here's what you need to know ...

Chicken breed numbers have shrunk too, risking rare breeds such as Transylvanian naked neck cockerel bantams. Scott Carter, CC BY-NC-ND It's hard to overstate how big the increases in production have ...

“I work closely with the public to provide quality food — chicken and eggs — with ... “He wants to breed leghorns and bantams,” Neal said. Chris and Julia Wickard raise mostly registered ...

The truth, however, is that the price of eggs has been rising across the globe for some time now. This has given rise to the ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the UC Davis Department of Animal Science has created ...

Cattle have experienced the highest number of extinctions, with at least 184 breeds lost globally. Of all chicken breeds, one in ten is now extinct, and a further 30% are endangered. How did this ...