Factory farming, particularly in the poultry sector ... both requiring direct human intervention. Chickens destined to be “layers” are sex sorted – males, who do not produced eggs are unnecessary. We ...

Building a chicken house is important because ... In commercial poultry farming, six layers use one square meter of space, while 11 broilers can occupy the same area. Security is another factor ...

Each day, I reliably pull three or four gorgeously colored eggs out of my backyard chicken coop ... with a few hardy egg layers? Whether or not you can save money farming your own eggs turns ...

Bird flu is sweeping through egg-laying chickens in the United States at an unprecedented rate. So far in 2025, 30 million layers, as they’re known, have been culled, close to the 38 million killed ...