5 Funky Eggs You Can Still Eat

Courtesy .brioso./Flickr Odd eggs are par for the course in the world of backyard chicken-keeping and are usually still fine for the frying pan, as well as a little laugh. On the whole, egg abnormalities should usually not cause any concern. Sometimes, though, bizarre eggs may indicate a deficiency in vitamins or a hereditary anomaly […]

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How to Care for Molting Chickens

A reader’s young laying hens are losing their feathers and laying less eggs. She’s worried about her hens but she needn’t be. They’re probably going through their first molt.

Egg Producers Push for Layer-hen Regs

A House bill would increase living-condition standards for layer hens on large-scale farms, though many agriculture organizations argue it’s not enough.