BOZRAH, Conn. (WTNH) — Authorities in Connecticut are still investigating the cause of a massive fire at a chicken farm fire that killed approximately 100,000 egg-laying hens. The fire started in a ...
Chicken farms in the United States are large. Approximately 95 percent of all laying hens are raised on farms with more than 75,000 birds. Most of these hens reside in climate-controlled confinement ...
The term pullet refers to a young hen, usually under one year of age. Once a chick develops feathers rather than down, it is then called a pullet if it is female or a cockerel if it is a male. Pullet ...
Approximately 100,000 chickens were killed in a fire in Connecticut on Jan. 28, state officials said. Photo from the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department About 100,000 egg-laying hens were killed in a ...
The egg industry is moving away from the use of conventional cages to enriched cage and noncage laying hen housing systems because of animal welfare concerns. In this study, the prevalence and ...
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