Delmarva Chicken Association is the 1,400-member trade association working for the common good of the meat chicken industry in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Our mission: To be the Delmarva chicken industry's voice as the premier membership association focusing on advocacy, education and member relations.
Our vision: To be the most-respected chicken organization in the United States.
FEATURED NEWS
Chicken Community Honors Flock Supervisors at Ocean City Conference
- James Fisher
- October 01, 2025
- DCA
Eleven flock supervisors from Delmarva's chicken companies received Outstanding Flock Supervisor awards at Delmarva Chicken Association's 60th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live Production. As flock supervisors, these chicken company employees work face-to-face with Delmarva's 1,200 independent chicken growers as liaisons between the farmer and the chicken company. Flock supervisors are among the more than 17,900 people...
Chicken Community Gathers on Delmarva for Scientific Conference
- James Fisher
- September 29, 2025
- DCA
A major conference for the U.S. poultry industry, the 60th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing and Live Production, is drawing more than 430 attendees to Ocean City, Md.
The National Meeting is presented by Delmarva Chicken Association, the nonprofit founded in 1948 to advocate for Delmarva's chicken community. The conference kicks off Tuesday morning in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center with a full day of speakers and...
DCA Presents Awards to Allies of the Chicken Community
- James Fisher
- June 05, 2025
- DCA
Delmarva Chicken Association presented three awards – to Far Nasir; a Maryland chicken grower; Ed and Chad Jackson of Affinity Energy Management; and Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware – whose support, work and advocacy have been crucial to the success of Delmarva's $4.8 billion chicken community. The chicken industry on Delmarva supports 1,206 family farms and 18,000 chicken company employees, along with hundreds of allied businesses.
FEATURED VIDEOS
10 Generations of Farming
- Join Jenny Rhodes and her son, Chris, as they share their family's 10-generation journey in farming. Discover how they've built their chicken farms to support their families and help feed Delmarva. - Posted: January 15, 2024
The J. Frank Gordy Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award: Virgil Shockley
- Virgil Shockley, a Snow Hill, Md. chicken grower, has consistently, relentlessly advocated for chicken growers, farmers, and Eastern Shore communities. - Posted: January 15, 2024
Delmarva's Outstanding Chicken Growers
- Each grower operates an independent, family-owned farm raising chickens under contract for one of Delmarva's five chicken companies. There are more than 1,330 such chicken growers on Delmarva, each one an important part of the $5 billion chicken community. - Posted: January 15, 2024