Charles Ochsner has always wanted to be able to make a living off his family's 124-acre spread in rural Glyndon. Now he's decided to raise Cornish cross chickens, without using antibiotics or growth ...

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), each American eats approximately 94 pounds of chicken a year (1). The consumption of chicken is expected to grow in the coming years, ...

PARTRIDGE — Keeping chickens safe, healthy and happy can often be daunting. Sometimes the coyotes or raccoons snatch them. Or maybe they nibble on too many garden vegetables. To circumvent predators ...

Chicken producer Perdue Farms has been expanding the volume of free-range chickens it sells in an effort to provide a higher-quality product, as well as to boast a better lifestyle for the birds. That ...

North Carolina’s poultry farms are everywhere. The state cloaks big poultry in secrecy to the point regulators don’t even know where most of the farms are located. Neighbors complain about the stench ...