For many small-scale farmers, chicken eggs are the first product they ever bring to market and sell. And many farmers sell chicken eggs as well as vegetables, meat and other farm products.Keeping ...

UC Davis today unveiled its new Pastured Poultry Farm, home to 150 young laying chickens and a living laboratory where students and researchers hope to develop innovative solutions benefiting ...

Small egg producers don’t have giant flocks of chickens concentrated in pens. Most boast free-range, or at least pasture-fed hens, making them less susceptible to a widespread flu outbreak.

Starting a Chicken Egg Laying Business. 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.

Conscientious consumers often assume that eggs sourced from small farms are eggs that are immune to the problems facing factory farms. This is not always the case. Pastured hens raised on small ...

As more states outlaw small chicken cages, many egg farmers are torn between two strategies: investing in expensive “cage-free” environments or building larger cages that cost less upfront but ...