Interest in raising backyard chickens grew rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues due to the ever-increasing cost ...

Indian Creek Nature Center Director of Land Stewardship Jean Wiedenheft collects eggs laid by chickens at the Etzel Sugar Grove Farm near Marion on Jan. 15. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Officials have found highly pathogenic avian influenza — bird flu — in another poultry flock in Ottawa County. HPAI was found in a backyard flock Friday, state tracking ...

MONROE COUNTY, Michigan — Monroe County has identified its second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a small backyard flock of birds, according to the health department. The health ...

A case of the highly infectious avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected in a Montgomery County, Maryland, backyard flock, officials announced Thursday. State laboratory testing confirmed a ...

Backyard flock of birds in Vermont and Connecticut have tested positive for bird flu since the past month. "This localized outbreak reinforces the importance of poultry owners, farmers and hunters to ...

A nationwide egg shortage has sent prices soaring at your local grocery store—and the culprit is H5N1 bird flu. The virus has infected poultry flocks in every US state, with more than 166 million ...

A Dare County resident had to sacrifice their backyard chickens after the birds tested positive for the bird flu. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said Monday that ...

Many first-time chicken keepers don’t understand just how dangerous it can be inside a coop. Backyard flocks are vulnerable to wild predators, neighborhood pets, extreme weather, and infectious ...