Researchers find less Salmonella on backyard poultry farms. But concerns remain about the prevalance of multidrug-resistant bacteria on both large and small farms. In a comparison of differently sized ...

Rates of Salmonella in fecal and environmental samples are more prevalent on larger commercial farms than on smaller backyard farms, according to a comparison of differently sized poultry farms.

May 23 (UPI) --The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned of a salmonella outbreak linked to contact with backyard poultry. Public health officials are investigating salmonella ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Lollypop farms held lessons on Sunday afternoon informing people about owning backyard chickens. People were invited to learn about chicken care, from behavior and health, to ...

Raising backyard chickens used to be a rural pursuit. It isn’t anymore. Suburban lots, small urban yards and even rented properties now host the kind of small flocks that were once confined to working ...

When Corey Leird refers to his “girls,” it is important to clarify if he is talking about his wife, Racheal, and their two daughters Mayley and Mabel, or the hundreds of pullets he is raising in his ...