LEWISTON — Councilors said Tuesday night that they are open to allowing laying hens throughout the city, with the right restrictions. Residents in the rural agriculture zone who live on lots of at least three acres can keep chickens. Chickens are not allowed elsewhere. Shelly Suzuki of 16 Champlain Ave. started a citizen petition to […]
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Bird flu confirmed at Iowa farm with 5.3 million chickens
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Up to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu virus was confirmed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The farm in northwest Iowa’s Osceola County has nearly 10 percent of the state’s egg-laying hens. Iowa is home to roughly […]
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DeCosters plead guilty in Iowa to selling tainted eggs
BANGOR — An Iowa egg farm owner, whose business started in Maine, and his son will be sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Iowa for their roles in the sale of contaminated eggs linked to a 2010 salmonella outbreak blamed for sickening an estimated 56,000 people nationwide. In June, Austin “Jack” DeCoster, 80, of […]
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New birds invade the pen as signs of spring emerge
The “dinosaurs” have invaded the goose pen. These wild turkeys help themselves to the cracked corn, bread crumbs and anything else I provide to my increasingly amorous flock. The turkeys — which I really like because they are just so different from any other bird, wild or domestic — seem to have found a home […]
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DeCoster to pay $6.8M fine in plea deal for salmonella outbreak
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa company has agreed to pay $6.8 million in fines for selling old eggs with false labels for years as well as the tainted products that caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010, according to a plea agreement released Monday. Quality Egg LLC, once one of the nation’s largest […]
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Quality Egg executives expected to plead guilty to selling tainted eggs
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa company and two executives are expected to plead guilty to selling tainted eggs that were responsible for a 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands and led to an unprecedented recall of 550 million eggs, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Disgraced egg industry titan Austin “Jack” DeCoster and […]
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The flock comes together
The mini-flocks have come together into one nine-goose flock after I had to separate them for the past few weeks. I finally took a chance and herded my two old boys, Seb and Sam, and year-old cutie, Plum Blossom, into the pen with Finny, Shamus, Susie-Q and Blackberry, and let Dufey out of the coop […]