Supermarkets are facing a shortage of British chicken after farming bosses said planning red tape was curtailing their ...

Six chickens have been found with their heads cut off in an allotment. The Thornhill Gardens site in Hartlepool was broken ...

But Open Cages is calling on Lidl, and other British retailers, to sign up to the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) – a set of international welfare standards for broiler hens. Although it is only ...

The King has adopted the British Hen Welfare Trust’s one millionth hen – and named the bird Henrietta, the charity said. The hen was rehomed at Highgrove Gardens, which surrounds the private ...

This Easter, the RSPCA is calling for the Government to ‘put the chicken before the egg’ and ban caged hens once and for all.

A food producer has described the rejection of its US-style megafarm as "a bad day for the sustainable production of British ...

In his first regular chicken-keeping column for ‘Country Life’, Arthur Parkinson introduces his brood and touches on the importance of good housekeeping.

“When it comes to eggs, size matters”, argues Jane Howorth, founder of the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT), which is behind a campaign to raise awareness of welfare issues it believes are ...