MISSION, KS--(Marketwired - Apr 6, 2016) - (Family Features) Over the past year, the national conversation over animal welfare has grown increasingly louder. Just three years ago, eggs from hens in ...

Hens mainly lose feathers through other birds pecking at them: an abnormal redirected foraging behaviour. The most common reasons for this are poor litter quality and limited foraging opportunities.

Recognized welfare outcome assessments within farm assurance schemes have shown a reduction in feather loss and improvement in the welfare of UK cage-free laying hens, according to the findings of a ...

They're not your average run-of-the-mill fugitives. Two hens, Feather Locklear and Hennifer Aniston, kept Watervliet Police busy one week in June. CBS6 spoke to the two officers credited with catching ...

Members of the community in Kisii County make cages for distribution to poultry-keepers. ‘One hen’ campaign empowers mostly women and youth in rural Kenya economically with an indigenous hen and cage ...

A petition requesting that Cary lift its longtime ban on backyard hens will go before the town council Thursday, and the issue has picked up support from some surprising sources. This will be the ...

On the weekend of Independence Day, Homewood resident Virginia Murdoch is waging her personal fight for freedom -- the freedom to raise chickens in her neighborhood. A city animal control officer ...

A hen that lost all its feathers at a cramped battery farm has been given a knitted jumper to keep it warm. 22 September 2008 • 1:18pm One-year-old Buffy was almost entirely bald and 2lbs underweight ...

HEN owners in Kerry are going clucking mad over new regulations that mean all owners have to be licensed — even if they own just a single bird! For many people, who have just a handful of hens in ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Instead of laying eggs, Chook began crowing at the crack of dawn. Her legs became thick and rooster combs ...