For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

By comparison, some less productive chicken breeds may only lay two or three eggs a week, as well as take egg-laying breaks or the entire winter off." So, if you've always dreamed of getting backyard ...

When broiler chicken farming marks a slow recovery, layer chicken farming is not picking up amid farmers' worry over the possible return of bird flu disease in the coming winter, according to industry ...

A poultry raiser in Central Luzon tends to his chickens in this file photo. The country’s chicken laying flock inventory as of July 1 rose by 6.4 percent to a record-level of 60.64 million birds ...