They are kept in constant light and given medicated feed to stem disease outbreaks ... "Lameness is not a condition that particularly effects modern chickens. Levels are very low.

This is due to modern chickens being “more efficient at turning feed into meat.” Poultry scientists deemed this metric “the breast conversion rate.” Despite this efficiency spike ...

With the cost of chicken feed, energy and transport increasing, fast food chains like Nando's and KFC have already put some prices up. The boss of Co-op supermarkets has warned poultry could ...

A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre' breaks down the history behind trick-or-treating and ...

With various government and private initiatives, the scope of the district’s agricultural economy is expanding ...

Feeding the cat should be a moment of magic, in which you bond with your adorable pet as she rubs seductively against your ankles. As you place the saucer of tender and moist meaty chunks on the ...

Salt, ketchup, oil, BBQ sauce - they all make for poor dietary choices. Even without these additions, much modern chicken still has its flavour enhanced in non-apparent ways. In the 1960s ...

Vaclav Smil’s guide to the food system, How to Feed the World, has impressive data and range, but it suffers from a dearth of ...

The plight of the cheap chicken has been much publicised and as such the consumer now has more choice than ever. Value chickens for well under a fiver, free-range, organic, corn fed - there's a ...

This chicken and rice casserole recipe is an easy-to-make comfort food dinner that everyone will enjoy. This main dish is ...

Midwest Chicken Farmers Struggle to Feed Flocks After Sudden Closure of Processor Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic ...