TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture has started a native chicken breed that is said to be well-suited for weather conditions in the Cagayan region. Named as ‘DADOS chicken’, ...

Heritage breeders preserve rare poultry breeds for their history, beauty and genetic value, including Minorcas, Dorkings and Buff Orpingtons.

The contemporary chicken was most probably developed from its main wild ancestor, the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), after its domestication in Southeast Asia in 3,200 BC. Over the years, chicken ...

Poultry geneticists have long studied the inheritance of a prized fancy chicken breeding trait; feathered legs. Lead researcher Leif Andersson and colleagues at Texas A&M University, have investigated ...

ELMWOOD – There’s a new scene on the farming landscape of Cass County. And, depending on where one travels on U.S. Highway 34, it can be seen from quite a distance. It’s a chicken breeding farm owned ...

The biggest chicken producers in the U.S. will have to overhaul their breeding programs within just a few years to meet tough new animal welfare guidelines promoted by Amazon and other major food ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will develop a program for breeding lesser prairie chickens in hopes of getting the federal government to back off its listing of the bird as a threatened species, Gov. Sam ...

A kienyeji chicken farm in Mwala village, Mutomo, in Kitui county. The farmer says demand for kienyeji chicken is high and the prices good. [Philip Muasya, Standard] Selection of healthy chicken is ...

Right breeding is a game changer in livestock farming. Selection of healthy chicken is important to ensure a healthy flock with high productivity especially for kienyeji poultry farming. But what are ...