With the current widespread bird flu and rising egg prices, some Americans may be starting to wonder where their eggs actually come from. Aren't hens just popping out a bunch of eggs each day? If you ...
Up until 20 weeks, chicks are considered to be in the grower/starter stage. Once they start laying, or at 20 weeks (this usually coincides) they graduate to the layer stage. Chickens generally stay in ...
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that in 1990, the world’s population of chickens was around 10.6 billion birds. For 2023, that number has grown to some 34.4 billion animals. And ...