With egg prices skyrocketing and expected to remain high, it’s no wonder some consumers are eyeing their own backyards as a possible solution to the egg crunch. You may even be able to hatch your own ...

Broody hens are known for their determination, but Mercedes's Ayam Cemani hen is getting especially creative with her efforts to hatch something. When a hen goes broody, she'll often sit on anything ...

A researcher is working to create chickens that hatch useful medical proteins. Chicken eggs are already used to harvest helpful proteins called antibodies to protect humans from viruses such as ...

CHICAGO — Tyson Foods is laying off a certain type of rooster from its U.S. chicken business after a surprising discovery that eggs fertilized by the male bird hatch less often, resulting in fewer ...

Wil Stutterheim is on a mission: to stop the global poultry industry's slaughter of billions of day-old chicks every year. Male chicks are deemed largely useless for poultry farmers because they lay ...