Sometime during or after lockdown, a substantial number of people decided it would easier to raise their own chickens than buying eggs from the grocery store. With worldwide supply chain issues due to ...

Free-range chickens in Itamar, Samaria, April 9, 2012. Israel’s Ministries of Agriculture and Finance on Wednesday reached agreements with the egg-laying poultry breeders that promote the reform of ...

PARTRIDGE — Keeping chickens safe, healthy and happy can often be daunting. Sometimes the coyotes or raccoons snatch them. Or maybe they nibble on too many garden vegetables. To circumvent predators ...

Chickens have flown the coop and moved into the backyard. Kate Richards and her husband, Jonathon Ragsdale, don’t mind at all. In fact, they bought their 108-year-old Sierra Madre farmhouse with one ...

My brother and I decided to get my recently retired mother set up with a small flock of her own backyard chickens, just enough hens to produce eggs for baking and eating. She lives in a small town – ...

Chicken psychology You need more than an open pasture to encourage free-range chickens to fly the coop. A new pilot study, led by Dr Jean-Loup Rault from the Animal Welfare Science Centre at the ...

Before setting up a backyard coop, check local ordinances for any restrictions on raising chickens. Coops need adequate space, ventilation and predator protection to ensure the health and safety of ...

PARTRIDGE — Keeping chickens safe, healthy and happy can often be daunting. Sometimes the coyotes or raccoons snatch them. Or maybe they nibble on too many garden vegetables. To circumvent predators ...