DEAR READERS: Avian influenza primarily affects wild aquatic birds and domestic poultry, but backyard flocks and even pets may be at risk. To help veterinarians and the public, the AVMA has developed ...

With USU assistant small acreage livestock and food animal production Professor Joseph Okoh. As warmer months are officially ...

Gifting live chicks, ducklings and bunnies as Easter presents remains a popular tradition, but public health officials warn ...

Many first-time chicken keepers don’t understand just how dangerous it can be inside a coop. Backyard flocks are vulnerable to wild predators, neighborhood pets, extreme weather, and infectious ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...

Health officials say backyard poultry like chickens and ducks can carry salmonella germs even if they look healthy and clean. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a ...

As the bird flu outbreak affecting poultry, dairy cows and humans in the U.S. continues to make headlines, here’s what to know about the situation as of January 23. The U.S. reported its first human ...

The question of whether to allow backyard chickens came up again Nov. 18 at Skokie’s Village Board meeting after a trustee proposed repealing the village’s ban on the birds. Trustee James Johnson ...

The rules for keeping backyard chickens in Wisconsin varies by community, with some allowing more, some allowing fewer and ...