Why did my chickens stop laying eggs? This article answers your frustrations and provides solutions. Did you go out to your coop this morning only to find no eggs? Frustrating, isn’t it? It also makes ...

In Episode 153 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re asking the big questions about chicken eggs: How many eggs does a chicken lay a day? What factors affect egg yield? And why do chickens stop ...

As we enter summer and more people are looking at raising backyard chickens, they may be curious why chicken eggs can be different colors. Most eggs are white or brown, but they also come in other ...

The eggs laid by a group of “pampered” hens in the U.K. contain something special in their whites. After researchers from the University of Edinburgh spliced a human gene into the chickens’ DNA, the ...

Recently, Mrs. Jackson’s second-grade class at Two Mile Prairie Elementary asked why chickens lay different colored eggs. These students were lucky enough to have their own school chicken coop and ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – A local chicken is producing eggs inside other eggs continuously on a family chicken coop in Idaho Falls. The Rosenkrance family got their first set of chickens back in May ...

The variety of chicken that you raise will also impact the final hue and even the size of an eggshell. For example, Leghorn ...

Shannin Rettig enjoys raising all types of chickens. She especially loves seeing the different-colored eggs they produce. Along with the standard white and brown, her heritage birds lay dark brown-, ...

Eggshell color comes from the hen’s breed—not nutrition. See why brown vs. white eggs cost differently and how feed, not ...

What if cancer-treating drugs of tomorrow began in a chicken shed? University of Edinburgh researchers said they've genetically modified hens that can lay eggs containing a protein able to treat ...