The field of aromatherapy holds lavender essential oil in high regard due to its calming and tranquilizing influence on the mind and body. Steam distillation, a process used to extract the oil ...

The policy is supported by science because highly pathogenic avian influenza is so deadly on its own, killing 90 to 100 percent of chickens in three or four days, says Matt Koci, an immunologist ...

The virus has infected poultry flocks in every US state, with more than 166 million chickens having been killed by the virus or culled to contain it. H5N1 is also spreading among cattle ...

A Press Democrat reporter and backyard chicken raiser takes a closer look at what it takes to raise her chickens. We have been raising chickens at home for about 10 years. Every now and then we ...

STERLING, Ill. (KWQC) - Owners of a barn that caught fire near Sterling Sunday morning say they lost several chickens. Sterling fire officials said crews arrived at the 17000 block of Ridge Road ...

Rotisserie chicken is often cited as an easy and quick option for delicious protein. But how healthy is it? A pre-cooked, pre-seasoned, packaged and plentiful source of protein sounds like a ...

In recent months, travel trends such as airport theory, seat squatting and playing ‘check-in chicken’ have taken the online world by storm. Are they genius shortcuts or guaranteed disasters?

We are sad to let everyone know that one of Jackie and Shadow’s chicks did not make it through the severe winter storm.' By Annie Colbert Updated Mar 15, 2025 9:43 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Silkie chickens are a prized breed of chicken with a beautiful and fluffy (yet misleading) set of white feathers and black skin. The chicken flesh itself is a dark bluish-gray or even black ...

With avian influenza blowing up egg prices and killing chickens around the country at an alarming rate, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a strategy to combat outbreaks.