Delaware chickens aren’t an easy-to-find heritage poultry breed, but they make a good homestead livestock choice for anyone wanting to raise free-range chickens for high-quality meat. The lovely ...

Broiler chickens have a life span of about nine weeks, so farms can get back up and running quickly once they are fully cleared of the flu. Egg layers, on the other hand, live and produce eggs for ...

In fact, Sussex County is the No. 1 chicken producer in the entire known world, and this year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the broiler industry here.

These chickens represent a $5 billion industry in our region so you could say we’re ‘chicken-centric’ in Delaware,” Ladman said. “Sussex County alone is the most population dense producer of broiler ...

H ighly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in poultry in Sussex County for the first time this year, state agencies announced Tuesday, bringing the number of Delaware chickens killed to prevent ...

Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in poultry in Sussex County for the first time this year, state agencies announced Tuesday, bringing the number of Delaware chickens killed to prevent ...

The testing of a commercial flock of broiler chickens in Delaware showed the first “presumptive” case of H5 bird flu in the state. Now, concerns are rising.

New study says avian flu could potentially spread to humans, but the danger is currently low 02:09. Delaware is reporting its first case of bird flu on a commercial poultry farm, following dozens ...

Bird flu outbreaks have been detected at three poultry operations in Maryland and Delaware, impacting more than 500,000 chickens and leading to heightened alert among officials in the Washington ...

Delaware indeed has a significant poultry industry, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). However, other more rural, agriculture-based states have much higher chicken populations.

Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in poultry in Sussex County for the first time this year, state agencies announced Tuesday, bringing the number of Delaware chickens killed to prevent ...