For Christin New, whose multigenerational family moved from Redwood City, California, to a 2-acre home in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains in 2022, her seven chickens provide the feeling of family pets ...

If you keep backyard chickens ... There can even be rules about the size of a chicken house, as well as noise, cleanliness, or enclosure requirements (no free-range). The local rules also might ...

Experts say raising chickens isn’t likely to save many inflation-weary consumers money amid the spike in egg prices. But for Johnson, among a growing number of Americans expressing interest in ...

Well, not really free. If you’re going to be a backyard poultry farmer, you have to figure in some costs — shelter, fencing, feed, water dishes, heat lamps and of course, whatever price you ...