Overall, chickens are a positive addition to any home. When you’re ready to add some to your house, you may be surprised at the number of breeds of chickens. What kind should you get?

Hybrid breeds for backyard chicken enthusiasts share a special history with commercial broiler and layer operations.

Here are the most common breeds of chickens, their strengths and weaknesses and how they are reared. 1. Parent- stock Breeding stock lines Big breeding companies globally are Cobb-Vantress ...

Breed change and stocking density are two of the most challenging production criteria in Better Chicken Commitment.

Cemani chickens have 10 times as much melanin as most chicken breeds. While the price varies, a high-quality Ayam Cemani can sell for over $6,000, and a single egg can fetch as much as $16.

But what to get? You could go for one of the usual breeds such as the Rhode Island Red, but there are far more interesting birds out there. Peter Hayford, an octogenarian poultry farmer near Totnes ...

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Force of Nature Meats said that unlike conventional poultry or organic poultry, the brand’s pasture-raised, organic-fed, slow-growing chickens live eight to 10 weeks — twice as long as the industry ...