Ordering free-range chicken at a restaurant may make you feel good, but it turns out you may not be doing the birds any favour. Uncaged chickens are exposed to higher levels of bacteria, parasites ...

Free-range and organic chickens from commercial flocks can go outside again after B.C.'s chief veterinarian lifted an order, in place for the past nine months, intended to reduce avian influenza ...

The chickens don’t stop shrieking the fowl-ish equivalent of “Intruder!” until he is out again, a black chicken hugged closely to his chest. Meet the Bla Hona — sort of.

Just because your chickens don't have the run of the backyard at all times doesn't mean you can't keep them comfortable. In fact, even free range chickens should have a coop to return to at the ...

If you free range there really is no surefire way to keep them safe. A guardian dog would be your best means of protection for free-ranging chickens, and even then you will have to train them ...

Pictured, the chickens roaming free in the spring. - Jennifer Westendorp/Metroland Backyard chickens may be coming home to roost, but they won’t be roosting in Cobourg any time soon. Cobourg town ...

Ordering free-range chicken at a restaurant may make you feel good, but it turns out you may not be doing the birds any favour. Uncaged chickens are exposed to higher levels of bacteria, parasites ...

About 20 per cent of B.C. eggs are free-range or organic, meaning birds must have some outside access. “It’s been a long nine months,” she said.

Free range and fancy free: Market grows for thousand-dollar, 'feather baby' chickens By Glenda Luymes Published Oct 22, 2016 4 minute read ...