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  • To help deliver poultry health information more effectively, UC Cooperative Extension is asking chicken and game bird owners to answer a survey.
    Chicken owners invited to take survey guiding disease prevention

    Aug 20, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Chickens perch and graze inside the tractor on a UC Davis research plot.
    Scientists to see whether chickens boost soil health, increase profits on organic vegetable farms

    Apr 16, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Poultry 101’s “Chick temperature chart” recommends temperatures for chicks from hatch to 6 weeks old.
    Poultry 101 guides new parents of chicks

    Aug 21, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Raising baby chicks offers meaning, purpose and connectedness during COVID-19 crisis, says a commentary published in the Sacramento Bee.
    Chickens join the list of 'shelter-in-place' must-haves

    Apr 30, 2020

    • Family
  • Raising backyard poultry is increasing in popularity.
    Poultry owners asked to monitor their birds for virulent Newcastle disease

    Aug 2, 2018

    • Family
  • People who raise poultry outdoors are encouraged to have their eggs tested for environmental contaminants.
    Got backyard chickens? Get their eggs tested for free

    Mar 28, 2018

    • Environment
    • Food
  • As of May 25, 2017, the CDC reports 21 people in California have been infected by Salmonella via backyard chickens.
    Salmonella infections resulting from backyard chickens

    Jun 5, 2017

  • A simple setup for a backyard chicken.
    Backyard chickens ruling the roost in Bay Area

    Oct 14, 2015

  • Poultry owners are urged to watch for signs of avian influenza in chickens.
    California chickens at increased risk for severe 'bird flu' strain

    Jan 13, 2015

  • October-December 2013 issue of California Agriculture journal
    Backyard chicken post-mortem service boosts biosecurity

    Dec 5, 2013

  • Blondie
    The case of the cannibal chicken

    Aug 1, 2013

  • Chickens make great pets.
    Raising chickens at home is rewarding

    May 17, 2012

  • Backyard chickens can be good pets.
    Urban chickens are fun and a current fad

    Feb 8, 2012

  • Frank Stenzel
    December farm stories

    Dec 15, 2011

  • Backyard producers should also take precautions to avoid foodborne illness.
    Any chicken can shed salmonella

    Sep 7, 2010

  • Egg recall collides with California's Prop 2

    Sep 1, 2010

  • chicken Speckled Sussex Rooster compress e-mail
    Chickens, chickens everywhere

    Jul 28, 2010

  • Gov extends chicken cage rule to imports

    Jul 8, 2010

  • UC expertise sought on coyotes and organic chicken feed

    Jan 28, 2009

  • Luke Shapiro with backyard chicken.
    Backyard chickens need same level of care as other pets

    Nov 10, 2008

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