Delaware is already home to more than 200 million chickens every year. They constitute a major industry that’s a significant player in Delaware’s economy. “Delaware chicken goes around the world,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...