If you own backyard chickens, you might have already noticed a decrease in egg production as the fall season has begun, and the daylight hours have lessened. Hens require 12 to 14 hours of daylight to ...

The Point of Lay (POL) at the target 18 Weeks is the commencement of the egg production period that immediately follows the pullet rearing phase that we discussed in details in our previous article. A ...

Production constraints, disease and evolving consumer trends challenge broiler, turkey and egg industries, CoBank’s Brian ...

You'll be shocked how many eggs they produce!

As someone who’s been raising chickens for years, I know how frustrating it can be when your laying hens start producing fewer eggs during the winter months. Here are my tips and what foods increase ...

Trace minerals are micronutrients delivered in small quantities, but with significant impacts on poultry health, productivity ...

As expected, peak demand for eggs during Easter came at a time of tighter supplies. In the recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate’s report, egg production was lowered on recent hatchery ...

Egg prices are rising, both in Indiana and nationally, as farmers have been forced to cull hens due to avian influenza, also known as bird flu. The U.S. Department of Agriculture report from Feb. 28 ...

The Point of Lay (POL) at the target 18 Weeks is the commencement of the egg production period that immediately follows the pullet rearing phase that we discussed in details in our previous article. A ...