Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Clucking, trilling, grumbling, the two-note “lost chick call” and the musical sound of the egg song: The language of chickens was just one of the revelations that struck Tove Danovich as she raised ...

NEW YORK — Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak. Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic.

Two factors behind skyrocketing egg prices are bird flu impacts and a Colorado law requiring all commercially sold eggs in the state to be from cage-free producers. But there's much to consider if ...