As my new book shows, they do it primarily for love. Cattle have experienced the highest number of extinctions, with at least 184 breeds lost globally. Of all chicken breeds, one in ten is now extinct ...

But after seeing several of his colleagues stricken with cancer, he went into raising “better than organic” grass-fed chickens in 2001. Realising that chicken farming in Malaysia was an ...

The breed performs well in diverse climatic regions because it withstands colder temperatures. Buff Orpington chickens adapt perfectly to suburban and countryside living because their docile nature ...

I got interested in breeds of chickens early in life, while living with my grandmother in the 1940s and early 1950s. She raised chicken in the backyard solely for meat. I was always fascinated by ...