Adding new hens to a flock can be stressful. This Chicken Chatter blog outlines the process of incorporating new additions to ...

According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine ...

State officials are warning flock-owners in Connecticut that they should take precautions, including limiting traffic on their property, to prevent the spread of the avian flu. H5N1, also known as the ...

The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the US. In Milam County, outside Austin, SB Energy operates the fifth-largest solar ...

She may smell like rotting flesh but “Putricia”, the internet-famous corpse flower, has been the centre of attention at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney over the last two days. The rare plant ...

Less than a week after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found in a Georgia commercial chicken facility for the first time, a second and even larger flock nearby has tested positive for ...

Few people have spent time gazing into a sheep’s eyes, but if you have, you may have noticed something very strange about their pupils. Instead of being round, as is the case with humans ...

Few people have spent time gazing into a sheep’s eyes, but if you have, you may have noticed something very strange about their pupils. Instead of being round, as is the case with humans, they are ...

A flock of more than 200 sheep have been seen storming through the streets of a town in the Yorkshire Dales. It was recorded by Wayne Hutchinson as the group of Swaledale Ewes are seen running ...

Previous story on bird flu:UPDATE: Bird flu detected in second Maryland broiler flock. All the latest info. Bird flu spreads quickly in flocks and from flock to flock Avian influenza is a highly ...

Concerns were first raised in the barn egg unit at Griffiths Family Farms – part of Oaklands Farm Eggs – on Saturday (18 January), affecting one flock at the company’s production site near ...