"It’s fairly common to have several salmonella outbreaks involving backyard flocks at the same time." ...

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, S.C. — Every spring and fall, waterfowl and other wild birds migrate along the Atlantic Flyway -- from Canada through South Carolina and other warmer points south. With the ...

Backyard chickens have shifted from novelty to normal, but the disease pressure around them has shifted too. With highly pathogenic avian influenza circulating in wild birds and other livestock, the ...

Before you build that backyard coop, read this ...

If you’ve ever been to a farm (or a homestead!), you’ve probably noticed that chickens are almost never kept alone. Their coops contain numerous hens, as well as a rooster or two, and they seem to ...

Another confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in a backyard flock from Ottawa County. It’s the fourth case detected in poultry from the county this year, and the ...

A backyard flock of birds in metro Atlanta has tested positive for a highly contagious strain of bird flu, Georgia agriculture officials announced Friday. The culprit is the H5N1 strain of Highly ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have detected a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in ...

The number of people sickened by three multistate outbreaks of the Salmonella bacterium linked to backyard poultry flocks has skyrocket in recent months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Officials with the Georgia Department of Agriculture say they ...

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Agriculture and other officials confirmed a positive case of bird flu in a backyard flock in Henry County. Officials said the flock has about 45 birds of ...