Backyard chickens are increasing in popularity due to high egg prices, but they may not be cost-effective for everyone. Chickens require proper biosecurity measures to prevent diseases like avian ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs.

Across Maine, and much of the country, a rise in egg prices and anxieties — over avian flu, price stability, trade — has ...

Pest control: Diatomaceous earth (DE), a natural powder made from fossilized algae, can be used in chicken coops to control ...

Faced with high egg prices, some residents are turning to backyard flocks. But experts advise to check first -- it may not be ...

Hillsborough County’s most beloved residents love to shriek in the streets. They burrow their beaks in the dirt of local parks, parade with hearty clucks across the brick roads and peck at slices of ...

While backyard flocks are making a comeback in some communities across Wisconsin, experts say it pays to find out whether or ...

With egg prices at historic highs, Modesto has seen an uptick of interest in backyard chicken tending. Those considering raising backyard chickens solely for financial reasons may be in for a surprise ...

St Agnes is the most southerly of the Isles of Scilly. It's home to the Hicks family and their very small herd of dairy cows. The herd provides milk for the island’s residents, around 80 people, and ...

With egg prices rapidly increasing, many have begun raising their own chickens to avoid the high cost of grocery store eggs.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” ...