In December more than 100,000 birds, nearly all of them chickens, were killed at the Cullman County farm and a backyard flock in Pickens County.

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Forms of the virus have spilled over from wild birds into cattle at least twice, raising new questions about the virus’s wider spread and containment.

Katie Nichols Alabama Cooperative Extension Service The 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is slated for Feb. 14 to ...

Bird flu cases have been identified in Alabama. The State Veterinarian Office confirmed the backyard outbreak near Pickens ...

Chicken prices are not suffering the same price hikes because broilers, the variety bred for meat production, are a different ...

Although one of the shortest months of the year, February is known for being Black History Month and National Heart Health ...

Which birds fly at night? Do turtles hibernate? And do rattlesnakes stretch out on the ground? We have the answers.

The Alabama Poultry and Egg Association points to bird flu and inflation. State officials say since 2022, 80 million hens have died in the U.S. due to the bird flu, formally known as the avian flu ...

As National Bird-Feeding Month begins, there are several ways for Alabamians to keep their feathered friends fed during the ...