Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From egg production (spoiler alert: No chicken lays eggs every day) to regal plumage, these nine types of chickens are among the ...

Dorking chickens may grow a little slower than other modern breeds, but this heritage poultry breed produces a highly marketable, gourmet meat. The Dorking is an ancient breed reputedly brought to ...

ROLAND, Ark. — Noted gardener and television personality P. Allen Smith invited experienced and would-be poultry farmers to his Little Rock-area farm Saturday, hoping to help overcome a lack of ...

I got interested in breeds of chickens early in life, while living with my grandmother in the 1940s and early 1950s. She raised chicken in the backyard solely for meat. I was always fascinated by her ...

Shannin Rettig enjoys raising all types of chickens. She especially loves seeing the different-colored eggs they produce. Along with the standard white and brown, her heritage birds lay dark brown-, ...

Owners of rare breeds of livestock and poultry will display their animals at the 33rd annual Rare Breeds Show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills. This is ...

Herine Omenda, a farmer attends to a section of her poultry at her Mixa farm in Rabuor village, Kisumu county. [Denish Ochieng/ Standard] Commercial poultry production in Kenya dates back to 1970s. It ...

Rare breeds of chickens could soon come from entirely different types of hens. The University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute with help from US biotechnology company Recombinetics used gene editing ...

The Dominique Chicken breed is a good heritage poultry breed for those who want a bird known for staying in the middle ground: Not too big or small, not incredibly prolific but certainly steady, in ...