Backyard chickens. More people have them, and despite local controversy, more people want them. Fresh nutritious eggs with deep-yellow yolks sure taste great! But what happens when a highly productive ...

Keeping some chickens in the backyard is a great way to have a steady supply of eggs, but you need the right chickens. Here's ...

Heritage chicken and cattle breeds are generally better suited to small-scale homesteads than many modern livestock breeds. Their tendency to be dual- or even triple-purpose breeds is a noted plus for ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. If you can’t get enough omelettes or you want to make a little extra cash selling eggs to ...

While chickens aren’t usually considered “large” animals, some breeds are surprisingly big, ranging from towering roosters to plump hens as heavy as a small dog. Whether you’re a seasoned chicken ...

Whether you are raising a couple of backyard chickens or a flock of one hundred, Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens (Storey Publishing, 2010) is the only book you need to keep your birds healthy and ...

Aviagen and Cobb raise a small number of purebred chickens, then cross and recross their bloodlines for three generations.

On this Arkansas chicken farm, when the public tour starts at dawn, the doors to the chicken barns are closed to keep out night-time predators. Then, the doors are thrown open and there’s a rush of ...

Everyone has heard the joke, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” But did you ever wonder who the original “chicken” was? All domesticated chickens had to come from somewhere, even the topic of this ...