People are looking to own chickens, not only due to prices and bird flu, but also to be closer to their food sources.

In recent years, the desire to grow or produce one’s own food has become increasingly popular, and with good reason.. After ...

If egg prices and availability have you thinking of raising your own backyard chickens, know there is a mix of romanticism and realism with that idea.

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While the eggs make for a cost-efficient breakfast with egg prices soaring at the grocery store. Raising chickens can come ...

Is having backyard chickens the solution to the current egg crisis? Here’s what five hen owners want you to know.

Throughout my life, chickens have had a presence. When I was very little, I was inundated with dozens of yellow fluffy chicks my grandma ...

Chickens can be noisy, but it depends on the breed and the situation. Hens are usually not too noisy, but can be loud when laying eggs. They also may get loud when they get spooked. Roosters are ...

Which came first: The chicken or the egg farmer? Though once upon a time chickens were relegated to the countryside, the urban backyard chicken enthusiast is becoming increasingly common. And though ...

And egg sales are up between chicken-owning neighbors on ... ticking off her favorites breeds of the past 30 years: Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, Black Diamond, Sex Link, Sapphire Gem, and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — With egg prices soaring at grocery stores, some New Yorkers are finding creative ways to save like one local man who built a chicken coop in his backyard.