My husband reluctantly agreed to let me start a backyard flock, but he fell in love with our hens as much as I have.
Fresh or dried, herbs help improve your flock’s health and keep your chickens laying happily. Here are five such green treats.
New chicken-keepers sometimes mistake the crop for a tumor. Learn where the crop is located, what it does and what can go wrong with it.
"Lifestyles of the Chicken Famous" is the title of a new book that's a pleasure for your poultry-loving peepers.
If your hens lose feathers and look scruffy but it's not molting season, it could be that year-round laying is taking its toll on their systems.
Let your flock forage during the day and get natural nutrition while you also protect your garden from getting "fowled" up with a chicken corral.
Hens' insides sometimes make mistakes, resulting in double- or even triple-yolk eggs. Here's how it happens and some associated egg myths and legends.
When Tammy Trayer first glimpsed the West, she knew it was the place she wanted to call home. She and her family now live the life of extreme outdoorspeople in Idaho.
A veteran chicken-keeper answers questions about a chance discovery of excess eggs, "singing" hens and how much feed is too much.
No longer just a commercial egg producer, the Leghorn is experiencing a comeback as America's favorite backyard heritage bird. Here's all you need to know.
In the fifth part of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering omphalitis, pasted vent, pox, rations, reproductive health, respiratory health and sour crop.
Residents in this historic district of Tampa cherish and look after their wild chicken population as part of the area's old world charm.
