Getting producers to accept two expensive technologies at once is, in fact, a real chicken or egg dilemma. Chicken Run Currently, incubator farms provide newly-born chickens to broiler and layer farms ...

MERCER COUNTY — The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued final permits to operate renewals for nine poultry facilities in Mercer County. The nine facilities combine for nearly 2 million layers of ...

Carol Lewis has no regrets about how she voted on the chicken issue. As a longtime member of the St. Cloud, Minn., city council, she’d heard all the arguments. At a December meeting, locals argued ...

Sean Short got hooked on chickens the way more than a few folks do — happening upon baby chicks for sale. His business partner, Ryan Smith, a professional counselor, asked him what he planned to do ...

People are flocking to raise backyard chickens. The chicken business has increased by more than 600 percent in the past two months for both Lisa Samples of Kirtland Hills and Kathy Veigh of Gates ...

A journey of loss, resilience, and renewal TEFFON Telford always dreamed of owning a business. It didn’t have to be ...

When Corey Leird refers to his “girls,” it is important to clarify if he is talking about his wife, Racheal, and their two daughters Mayley and Mabel, or the hundreds of pullets he is raising in his ...

Ida DeFrancesco loves her “girls.” The Northford farmer also loves sharing them. “The girls are just a normal part of a farm, and getting to bring that to other folks and get to see them get so ...