An ongoing situation involving highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in backyard and wild birds in Chile has now reached a ...

Rapid response teams have culled live poultry layers in the Kanuru Agraharam hotspot, where mass mortality of poultry has been recorded due to the H5N1 virus (bird flu) since January 13 in East ...

For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

The samples of dead poultry layers (birds meant for laying eggs and not consumption) collected from a poultry farm at Kanuru Agraharam of Peravali mandal in East Godavari district have tested positive ...

When it comes to selecting a breed of layer for a commercial egg farm, many factors come into play – including past experience, reputation, availability and cost. But trial results also play a key ...

A poultry raiser in Central Luzon tends to his chickens in this file photo. The country’s chicken laying flock inventory as of July 1 rose by 6.4 percent to a record-level of 60.64 million birds ...

You may wonder why yours birds lay small eggs while your neighbour's lay big ones. Understanding the factors that may affect the sizes of eggs produced may be helpful in maximising returns as ...