3 Million Hens, One Building: The High-Tech “Egg City” Redefining Industrial Farming

For the past decade, one peculiar story has made the rounds, detailing something out of a futuristic, dystopian movie: a high-tech, fully automated egg city in China. It’s a place that poultry farmers ...

Do Chickens Lay Eggs in the Winter? Here's How It Works

By managing light, nutrition, molt schedules, and other things like nutrition, housing, and health, commercial farms can help ...

Cropping farm proposes sustainable future with mobile ‘chicken caravan’ egg venture

A Moore Park Beach cropping farm is seeking council’s approval to become an egg farm and to use hundreds of pasture-raised, egg-laying chickens for sustainable agricultural practices.
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While egg supplies are impacted by bird flu, consumers have options often not far from home

Throughout my life, chickens have had a presence. When I was very little, I was inundated with dozens of yellow fluffy chicks my grandma Florence bought annually from the local hatchery. Later on, ...
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Local farmer offers tips for raising chickens as egg prices soar

SADIEVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — As the cost of eggs continues to rise, some people are considering raising their own chickens to cut down on expenses. The bird flu has forced farmers to slaughter millions ...