Waterfowl

There are relatively few hatcheries that specialise in waterfowl. Their programs and procedures are largely based on traditions and many years of practical local experience.

New York City, often viewed as the fine dining capital of America, was poised on Wednesday to become the latest US city to ban the sale of foie gras, sparking manufacturers to vow a court battle to overturn it.

Mike Colley answers readers' questions regarding flock management, offering tips and advice for the everyday keeper.

Following an exposé published earlier this year, Ukrainian poultry company MHP will cease production at Ukraine's only foie gras farm.

In light of African swine fever, demand for duck meat as an alternative to pork has increased substantially.

Relating your birds’ daily habits and practices to their evolutionary past can reveal their natural patterns of behaviour – and provide important lessons for keeping them healthy and happy.

Relating your birds’ daily habits and practices to their evolutionary past can reveal their natural patterns of behaviour – and provide important lessons for keeping them healthy and happy.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) issued an alert that low pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in Monterey County, California.

For one small-scale poultry farmer, rearing chickens and ducks in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal Midlands is a labour of love that’s paying dividends.

Bulgaria's food safety agency authorities reported on Wednesday an outbreak of the bird flu virus on a duck farm in the village of Yoglav in central Bulgaria and said birds on the farm were being culled. Reuters reported…

FRANCE (Reuters) - French producers of foie gras, the rich liver delicacy made from force-feeding grain to ducks or geese, have denounced a ban on the product in California, saying they make the creamy paté humanely, fol…

FRANCE (Reuters) - French foie gras makers have accused the US Supreme Court of bowing to false claims by vegetarian lobbyists with its refusal to hear an appeal against a California ban on the delicacy produced from for…

USA (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected the latest challenge to California's ban on foie gras, a delicacy produced from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese that have been force-fed corn

Ducks and geese are raised for meat and egg production in many countries, and the most significant current welfare issues include the plucking of feathers from live birds, force-feeding practices related to foie gras pro…

USA, 8 December, 2018 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has agreed not to sell foie gras in California from birds that have been force fed and pay $100,000 in penalties and costs as part of a lawsuit settlement, a prosecutor sa…

EU - Campaigning MEP John Flack is backing a move to link farm subsidies to animal welfare across Europe

IRAN, 3 December 2018 - Iran has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus among backyard poultry in the north of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Mo…

BULGARIA - The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said it has implemented a programme for enhanced observation of poultry farms in connection with the latest cases of bird flu

OXFORDSHIRE, UK - 26 October 2018: Two new guides were launched by the British Poultry Council (BPC) when goose producers from across the UK met for their annual farm walk hosted by the Homewood family at Peach Croft Far…

GEORGIA, USA - 23 October 2018: USPOULTRY’s 2018 Poultry Protein & Fat Seminar brought together rendering professionals in Nashville, Tennessee, who benefited from presentations and first-hand knowledge on topics address…