The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres provide a step-by-step guide on constructing a functional and comfortable nesting box ...

My wife and I live on a small farm. We raise chickens organically and sell their eggs. We also have six cats, so we go through a lot of cat litter — we usually buy the 35 pound buckets. Needless to ...

Producing clean table eggs from a flock raised in a deep litter system has always been a big challenge to most poultry farmers. It even becomes a tall order during the rainy season when the litter ...

A study of the welfare of caged production hens has recommended chickens have access to a nest box to lay their eggs without being disturbed. Researchers from the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne ...