STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week marks the end of an era in our backyard — and in our food lives. After nearly two decades of ...

A study by Professor Yinhua Huang’s team at China Agricultural University has for the first time constructed a “graph-based pan-genome” for chickens, ...

The Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament now has nine species with a fishing area that includes areas south of the Pell and Jamestown bridges, including Rhode Island ocean beaches ... Fishing Cape ...

As Pakistan grapples with rising food costs and continued dependence on imported poultry breeds, the new chicken breed named UniGold that lays over 200 eggs a year—nearly three times more than ...

New locally developed chicken breed lays over 200 eggs per year. ... helping to alleviate poverty and reduce reliance on imported breeds such as Fayoumi and Rhode Island Red.

Feed and water your chickens twice a day and spend time observing your chickens. How soon will my chickens lay eggs, and how often will they produce eggs? Chickens typically start laying at six to ...

The Rhode Island Red is a handsome, easily recognizable chicken, with overall deep red-brown coloring and bright red combs. Originating from Rhode Island & Massachussetts in the 1840s, this breed has ...

What breeds do best as egg-laying chickens in Colorado? O'Connor and Wildman said some popular egg-laying chickens for Colorado include Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, Ameraucana ...

Some heritage hens (breeds whose lineages date back before factory farming) can also turn out eggs in impressive numbers. Leghorns and Rhode Island reds are both capable of laying around 250 eggs ...

Breeders combined Cochin chickens, white Wyandotte chickens, and white Leghorns to create the Rhode Island White. The APA added the breed to its Standard of Perfection in 1922. This breed is not ...

The Rhode Island Red chicken, which originated as one might expect, in Rhode Island, lays light brown eggs. This breed arose from crosses between a Malay chicken and several other breeds, and it ...