In this video, we guide you through the basic setup for chicken plucking in your backyard, making the process straightforward and efficient. Learn how to prepare the area and understand the necessary ...

You don’t want to get your flock set up only to be told you’re not allowed to have them. Even without a rooster, chickens are loud and your neighbors will know they are there.

As well as laying eggs, chickens eat bugs and ticks, fertilize the ground, and till the land. They produce eggs for about five to seven years; after that, local farms often take them. The Smiths ...

Chicken owners learn about the initial setup, like setting up a chicken coop along with chicken breeds and their ... The high cost of eggs has more than a few people considering backyard chickens.

Backyard chickens can be expensive and hard to care for ... One is they don't have the proper setup and they get a predator attack." Some people are buying backyard chickens to combat eggflation.

The setup arrived in ten boxes, all labeled with letters. Upon opening Box A, I found instructions and all the tools I would need. With the help of my husband and son, we assembled our new coop.

In many American cities, if you want to keep chickens in your backyard, you can set up a coop and do your thing. But Philadelphia? Not so much. Backyard chickens are, with very few exceptions ...

But backyard chickens are just as vulnerable to bird flu, meaning home coops involve not just up-front setup costs but ongoing health and safety costs.

The Sustainable Living Association hosts a Tour de Coop bike tour of backyard chicken farms setups each year, and the 2018 event is from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 3.

Backyard chickens seem to be on the rise By Joe Stumpe. Eagle correspondent. Updated May 12, 2016 4:34 PM. Forget Fido. ... For his security, Underwood set up a live trap.