Mr. Edwin Palapala who keeps birds on free range system in his Ikolomani farm Kakamega County. [Chrispen Sechere, Standard]. There are a number of poultry rearing systems and each has its advantages ...

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), each American eats approximately 94 pounds of chicken a year (1). The consumption of chicken is expected to grow in the coming years, ...

Researchers from DTU National Food Institute have conducted trials on a commercial free-range chicken farm in Denmark and ...

Free-range poultry and cage-free eggs may command higher prices in the supermarket, but they offer consumers little or no demonstrable benefit in food safety or quality, animal health and welfare, or ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while ...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture–Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Mimaropa has initiated a poultry project aimed at empowering and enhancing the income ...

Mary Pitman has been frantic in recent weeks. The namesake of Mary’s Free Range line of turkeys, chickens, ducks and Cornish game hens has just completed her busiest week of the year, delivering ...

Six thousand hens range under the solar array on 16ha (40 acres) of former arable land let to egg producers Charlie and Laura Tomkins. The birds share the site with a flock of 80 Lleyn ewes, the ...

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside. File photo: In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at ...