The State Board of Animal Health announced Monday it has quarantined more than 918,000 chickens at a commercial egg laying operation in Jay County, which is located between Fort Wayne and Muncie ...

The avian flu has impacted over 157 million poultry, including egg-laying hens, leading to a decrease in egg production. Some consumers are turning to local farms or considering raising their own ...

The Indiana Board of Animal Health has quarantined another 2.6 million chickens at two commercial egg-laying operations in northeast Indiana's Jay County. The move follows Monday's quarantine of ...

Billy Underhill, the 62-year-old owner of a construction company and longtime chicken raiser, has bought two more of the clucking creatures.

Houston: A Houston poultry supply company is selling chickens like there is no tomorrow, as sky-high prices for eggs prompt some Americans to produce their own at home. A recent US outbreak of ...

With the price of eggs skyrocketing, some shoppers are considering keeping their own backyard laying hens, but experts say there are drawbacks that may make that chicken coop more expensive than ...

A US outbreak of bird flu since early 2024 is exacting a heavy toll on poultry farms. More than 21 million egg-laying hens have been “depopulated” in 2025 so far, after 13.2 million were ...

Winter is a time of year when gathering eggs can be difficult, as temperature, as well as the number of hours of daylight can affect chickens' laying. Older birds go through a molt, when they drop ...

Egg prices are up more than 53% from last year The price of chicken meat has remained mostly stable Here's how the two industries are different That’s because chickens that are raised for meat, known ...

Townline Hatchery has chicks available for sale online, ranging from meat birds, turkeys and egg-laying hens. They also provide baby chicks to retail stores, like Family Farm and Home. The ones in ...

Meanwhile, the price of chicken meat has hardly budged, up less than 1 percent from a year ago. Here’s why egg-laying chickens have been more affected and where prices could go from here.

Historic high egg prices and shortages being fueled by worsening bird flu epidemic. Here's what to know about egg purchase limits and egg rationing ...