Learn more about molting, the natural process in which a chicken sheds old feathers and grows new ones, by Chickens magazine editors.
After a move to rural Tennessee, Alison Davis and her husband decided to get six layer hens—and their chicken flock just grew from there to include free-ranging chickens and even ducks.
Give your flock a job by setting up an egg CSA for feed funds, good food for your neighbors and food production education for those who want to know more.
Want poultry but don't have the land for chickens? Quail are quiet, easy-keeping birds that you can raise for both eggs and meat.
Continuing with our look at popular breeds, we discuss real-life experiences keeping Araucana, Cochin, Easter Egger and Welsummer chickens.
There's a lot of poultry information out there—not all of it true—so our resident chicken expert is sharing decades of experience about popular chicken breeds.
Think you know everything there is to know about America’s favorite backyard poultry? Check out these chicken facts and expand your poultry knowledge.
Considering keeping peafowl on your farm? Social birds with amazing iridescent plumage, peafowl can be fun to have around so long as you follow a few pointers.
Incubating chicken and duck eggs from the school's farm offered invaluable lessons for a special class in this New Hampshire classroom!
It's important to protect your flock against wild animals, but don't forget domestic dogs and cats when securing your chickens from common predators.
The Farmer Veteran Coalition program mobilizes America’s military veterans to create sustainable food systems via agriculture.
Retired registered nurse Carol Denney tells us how her adventures at Rocking D Hobby Farm are helping to better the local community.
