Join me for a nighttime routine as I secure my backyard chicken pen and observe the clever instincts of my Muscovy ducks. Learn how ducks use water for protection and how a well-designed coop can help ...

It is important to research animal needs before you purchase them. This includes whether they are legal to own where you live.

Sparta residents who keep backyard chickens may soon be allowed to double the size of their flocks under a proposed change to ...

For the first time, the question of whether to allow backyard chickens in Paxton will be put before voters on March 17.

Wallpaper in a chicken coop? Wait until you see the colorful cottage details inside.

Chickens are the universal symbol of urban homesteading. Instagrammers pose with one tucked under an arm as a self-sufficiency flex. But what if I told you raising backyard chickens in Portland is a ...

About 20 years ago, chickens—long a staple of farms and homesteads—began showing up in urban and suburban yards. They enabled city dwellers to source homegrown food, provided a touch ...

Applications are open for Coverdale Farms' Chicken Tenders chick-raising program. Here's what to know.

St. Cloud residents question City Council's process after a 7-0 zoning vote for backyard chickens was rejected 3-2.

When Nora Murphy Kramp walked away from her veterinary assistant career to pet sit full time, she didn’t expect that years ...

Pockets of the bird flu, a highly contagious respiratory virus, keep showing up on chicken farms on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and in other states each year.

Our grand poultry experiment started with an unexpected visitor. My wife, Susan, had been talking about getting chickens for years, but I never thought she was serious. Then one day, I came home from ...