Are your backyard chickens safe from bird flu? Find out how it spreads, ways to prevent it, and key signs to monitor.

As a journalist who writes about food safety, I’m used to reporting on illness outbreaks that stem from poultry produced by major companies. But bacteria from food-producing animals can also originate ...

Backyard chicken flocks in North Carolina harbor almost twice the prevalence of the foodborne bacterium Campylobacter compared to commercial farms, according to a new study. The findings come amid a ...

Editor’s Note (7/15/25): This story was updated after posting to remove outdated references. Bird flu briefly blew up egg prices and has killed millions of chickens around the country. Most of these ...

In a comparison of differently sized poultry farms, researchers at North Carolina State University found that rates of Salmonella in fecal and environmental samples were more prevalent on larger ...

Source: Anil Öztas, via Wikimedia Commons. Chickens are experiencing a surge in popularity. In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 85 million backyard or household chickens, making them the third ...

As spring arrives in Vermont, welcoming a long-awaited season of new life just as egg prices have begun to soar, Vermonters may have more reasons than one this year to take a crack at raising backyard ...