Learn about methods for breeding heritage chickens to achieve a hardy and productive flock designed for the modern homesteader. Many of us who keep backyard flocks are aware that industrial chicken ...

MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio (WKRC) - The high cost of eggs is driving people straight to the source. More people are considering raising their own chickens and some are turning to a Mt. Healthy Hatcheries to ...

Perdue Farms Inc., the third-largest U.S. chicken producer, removed antibiotics from its hatcheries as part of a 12-year plan to reduce the use of the drugs.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The nation's third largest poultry producer says it's no longer using human antibiotics in about 95 percent of its chickens. It's a move that many are applauding. Perdue foods ...

The weeks leading up to Easter are typically busy for chicken hatcheries, but demand for chicks this spring has far exceeded normal volumes. Hatcheries are scrambling to keep up with orders. Meghan ...

Perdue Foods, the nation’s third-largest poultry producer, said it has removed all antibiotics from its chicken hatcheries to address growing concerns about bacterial resistance to the widely used ...

(Reuters) - Perdue Foods said on Wednesday it has stopped using antibiotics at its chicken hatcheries, completing a five-year effort aimed at curbing the unnecessary use of antibiotics. The action ...