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The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) conducted interviews with 30 industry and welfare experts to explore why the shift to slower-growing broiler breeds has been so challenging. The study found broad ...
THE family behind a tenant farm are passionate about leaving behind a better environment for the next generation.
On Thursday afternoon, the livestock barn at the Hamlet Fairgrounds was filled with the sounds of clucking, and excited youth ...
A Skye terrier, Bobby, is said to have guarded his master’s grave in Edinburgh for 14 years until his own death in 1872. But ...
BBC Radio 2 star Vernon Kay has shared that he has been vetoed by his wife Tess Daly and his two daughters when it comes to ...
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Carpenter, who graduated from New London High School this May, doesn’t blink at the remarks. She’s too focused on running Clampitt Hills Highland Ranch, a family operation she and her grandmother ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Two native sheep breeds have been classified as 'priority' cases of extinction risk. The Manx Loaghtan and Leicester Longwool have been placed ...
Developed from the cattle of the north east that were known as 'doddies' and 'hummlies', and refined in the early 19th century, the breed became official in 1862 with the establishment of a herd ...
A chicken's desire to sit on and hatch a clutch of eggs can be the most effortless way to rear your own birds, but for those ...
The palm-sized twins each weighed about the same as a chicken egg at birth. Wild Planet Trust / NEWQUAY ZOO There are believed to be fewer than 2,000 cotton-top tamarins left in the wild Ms ...
“Usyk’s been in a lot of wars and Dubois is still a fresh chicken – he’s the younger, hungrier fighter. “Credit to Usyk, he’s had hard, hard fights and taking big shots from ...