Q: Are "free-range chickens" truly so? I have heard that in most instances, the chickens are granted release from constricted cages for a short time only and still spend their lives in small cages. A: ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That's a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while ...

Sometime during or after lockdown, a substantial number of people decided it would easier to raise their own chickens than buying eggs from the grocery store. With worldwide supply chain issues due to ...

ALBANY, Minn. — As the sun rises at Emmerich's Produce and Pumpkins farm, about 100 chickens exit their coop. They are free to roam the yard for the rest of daylight. "I know that I have really happy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm near Waukon, Iowa. Some ...

You’ll pay extra for “free-range” chicken at the grocery store. While that label conjures up bucolic images, the reality may differ from what you imagine. Free-range chickens are housed by the ...

Chicken producer Perdue Farms has been expanding the volume of free-range chickens it sells in an effort to provide a higher-quality product, as well as to boast a better lifestyle for the birds. That ...

Des Moines, Iowa — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while also ...