Tyson Foods has announced that, as of Oct. 1, it no longer uses antibiotics in its 35 chicken hatcheries. “Since the antibiotic typically used in hatcheries is important to human health, this is a ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A national outbreak of salmonella has been linked to an eastern New Mexico hatchery that sells live baby chickens, ducks and other poultry by mail and supplies them to feed ...

Researchers have shown that probiotics can protect hatching chicks from bacterial diseases without destroying beneficial microorganisms. Bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Enterococcus and ...

Chicks are shipped in cardboard boxes designed to keep them warm. Hatching eggs in an incubator or under a hen is an exciting project, and shopping for chicks or other baby poultry at a farm store is ...

SALISBURY, MD. — As part of long-term efforts to reduce antibiotic use in its poultry production, Perdue Foods announced it has removed all antibiotics from its chicken hatcheries. The company said it ...

One of the largest poultry producers in the United States announced Wednesday that it was stopping the routine use of antibiotics in it hatcheries. It's the latest step taken by Perdue over more than ...

At least 39 people in 15 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to chicks and ducklings sold by an Ohio hatchery. The sick include eight Ohioans. Nationwide, there ...