Raising backyard chickens in rainy conditions presents unique challenges, but with the right strategies, your flock can stay ...

In this informative video, join us as we explore effective nighttime worming, mite, and lice treatments for chickens.

How to all-in-one worm, mite, and lice treatment for chickens and quail. Update: For those who wish to read more in-depth ...

Hickman Family Farms' president blames the federal government for avian flu deaths, citing a ban on chicken vaccination.

STEVENSVILLE, MI – State officials confirmed Michigan’s first detection of the Asian longhorned tick, an invasive pest which ...

In this month's "Cultivating Success in the Farm & Garden" column, Hubbard County U of M Extension educator explains ...

Officials with the farm say they lost 95 percent of its egg production in Arizona due to a bird flu outbreak. The company says they will be forced to reduce staff significantly.

And new research shows that they are becoming increasingly difficult to kill. The bugs known as super lice have developed genetic mutations that make them resistant to many of the over-the-counter ...

Head lice. Almost every person will have to deal with head-lice at one time or another. It’s really doesn’t have to do with cleanliness as some may think. These lice are tiny parasites that live in ...

Roughly a quarter of a million people work on the processing line in American poultry plants. As they process the chicken we eat, they face dangerous conditions and poverty-level wages on a daily ...

It plays a crucial role in the regulation of glucose metabolism in the body (Saltiel and Kahn, 2001). In chickens, insulin has been shown to have several effects, including the following. 1) Glucose ...

Background In the treatment of human head lice infestation, healthcare providers are increasingly concerned about lice becoming resistant to existing pesticide treatments. Traditional pesticides ...