They come from thousands of miles away, lured by chicken and the rumor of smoke. In the strip between two fast-moving directions of Sussex Highway in Greenwood — 30 miles west of the beaches in Lewes ...

As avian influenza, also known as bird flu or avian flu, continues to strike Delaware, many farmers have been forced to "depopulate" their chickens. Georgie Cartanza, a chicken farmer and the poultry ...

Tests conducted Wednesday by the Delaware Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed cases of avian flu in a Delaware chicken ...

Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected in poultry in Sussex County for the first time this year, state agencies announced Tuesday, bringing the number of Delaware chickens killed to prevent the ...

Delaware state officials say there’s a real threat for poultry houses. Some have already collapsed because of heavy snow on the roof. CORRECTION: A former version of this story wrongly identified the ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Allen Harim Foods, a Delaware-based chicken company, is reportedly being forced to kill up to 2 million ...

A truck filled with live chickens drives through Millsboro, Delaware. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let ...

Dieting to lose weight and improve your health? Millions of chickens in Delaware--one of the nation's top poultry producers--have been on a diet to reduce their impact on the environment and improve ...

WILMINGTON, Del. – A perfect storm has settled over rural Sussex County, where issues that have defined the area for decades have helped lead to an alarming increase of coronavirus cases in recent ...

The prospects for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner looked bleak. During World War II, the supply of turkeys for civilian use was drastically limited; and on Nov. 23, 1943, The Salisbury Times ...