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 ...

PHOENIX — A fire broke out in two barns at Hickman’s Egg Farm in Tonopah on Saturday. About 165,000 egg-laying hens died in the blaze, a spokesperson with Hickman’s Family Farms told ABC 15. The ...

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 ...