Shannin Rettig enjoys raising all types of chickens. She especially loves seeing the different-colored eggs they produce. Along with the standard white and brown, her heritage birds lay dark brown-, ...

It was nature’s version of an Easter egg hunt. Dr. Claire Spottiswoode, a professor at the University of Cape Town who studies avian (bird) brood parasites, was working in Zambia to learn more about ...

Sometimes, everything seems to align. Consider this season, spring, and all of the new life and rebirth that we see around us alongside the holidays of the season, Easter and Passover. Both holidays ...

Talk to a backyard chicken farmer long enough, and you’ll eventually hear about the color of their egg yolks and how those of the two dollars-a-dozen commodity eggs literally pale in comparison. You’d ...

We've talked a LOT about the price of eggs over the last few years. But what about their colors. Have you ever wondered why chicken eggs come in different colors? According to Texas A&M AgriLife ...