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 ...

“A victory for animals.” That’s what philosopher Peter Singer, a luminary of the animal protection movement, called it last week when Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law Bill 147, which ...

When I first saw the press release, I figured it had to be an April Fools' joke. The Humane Society of the United States, a voice of outrage against all heartless exploitation of animals, joining ...

For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in the Upper Midwest, a large commercial egg farm has been probed with every tool of modern science. Researchers have collected data on feed consumed ...

SARANAC -- A good portion of the four million eggs produced daily at Herbruck's Poultry Ranch end up in Egg McMuffins, Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles or some other McDonald's menu item. So company ...

If you want to improve the treatment of millions of animals in our food supply chain, chickens are the low hanging fruit. With 99 percent of the 291 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. living in ...

that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers. The answers could have big implications for the egg industry, which counts Indiana as one of its ...

FRESNO, Calif. – The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch ...