If you’re swapping the grocery store’s high-priced eggs for your own fresh eggs at home, finding the right chicken coop is ...

Many people start keeping chickens for the freshly laid eggs and often create a kitchen garden for hand-picked produce too.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Egg Markets Overview, published April 18, says wholesale egg prices have dropped a bit ...

Some Michigan lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it easier statewide to keep egg-laying hens if certain ...

To keep them healthy, you'll need a coop and some feed; a source of fresh water; things like diatomaceous earth to sprinkle ...

Chickens aren’t just egg-laying machines—they’re social, sensitive animals with needs that go beyond food and shelter.

Big farms are having trouble keeping up, and that means families are paying more or going without. Because of this, I think Bettendorf should allow people to raise a few hens in their backyards.

Everyone is after the same thing: baby chickens. The high price of eggs is creating a demand for chickens. Nationwide, the ...

I used to live in dense East Austin, Texas, and kept a manageable flock of five chickens. As a baker who makes custards and meringues and cakes, I looked at chicken keeping as less a cost-saving ...