FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm near Waukon, Iowa. Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That's a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while ...

Sometime during or after lockdown, a substantial number of people decided it would easier to raise their own chickens than buying eggs from the grocery store. With worldwide supply chain issues due to ...

Packages of Perdue Harvestland “free range” chicken sit on a refrigerated store shelf. Just because a package says “free range” doesn’t necessarily mean the chicken ever left the barn. Ames Alexander ...

Chicken producer Perdue Farms has been expanding the volume of free-range chickens it sells in an effort to provide a higher-quality product, as well as to boast a better lifestyle for the birds. That ...

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside. File photo: In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at ...

Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while also protecting chickens ...

That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while also protecting chickens from a highly infectious bird flu that has killed ...