Pest control: Diatomaceous earth (DE), a natural powder made from fossilized algae, can be used in chicken coops to control ...

Dust mites love humidity, so make sure you dry your sheets (and the rest of your laundry, for that matter) outdoors to reduce humidity levels in your home. Remove clutter from around your bed ...

Watch for any rash or flu-like symptoms, as these can indicate Lyme disease. Lice bites may indicate you still have lice on your scalp. Wash your hair and neck with a lice shampoo containing ...

Lice Movono is ABC's reporter in Fiji as part of the Pacific Local Journalism Network. She has experience covering news, current affairs, and rugby in the Pacific region across radio, television ...

She has forty birds in her backyard coops and adds more almost every month. A rooster in a chicken coop on Mar. 6 in East Helena, Mont. No slowdown means O’Brien receives at least a dozen eggs ...

An employee closes a cage as a chicken waits to be slaughtered inside the La Granja Live Poultry ... More Corporation store on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in New York. Musk quote-tweeted a post on X on ...

As farmers across the US struggle to contain a deadly bird flu virus, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering adding animal vaccines to its strategy for controlling the outbreak ...

“I think the silver lining in all of this is, how do we, in our backyards—we’ve got chickens too in our backyard—how do we solve for something like this? And people are sort of looking ...

It was nearly two years ago when Angelia Taylor first heard about owning backyard chickens online. “Honestly, I was seeing it all over Facebook,” Taylor, of Camden County, New Jersey ...

With egg prices soaring in the US, Christine and Brian Templeton of Rent The Chicken in Goffstown, New Hampshire, offer a unique solution—chicken rentals. Their service provides hens ...