You'll need to battle nature to prevent water and eggs from freezing, but you'll also need to help your flock fight boredom for its own safety. Here's how.
Raising chicks in the fall and winter gives your layers a leg up come springtime. Here are the basics of how best to do it.
Our holiday took a surprising twist when Fat Boy took alarmingly ill. Was it cold-weather exposure or one of two diseases that could sicken our other birds?
The Lamona, created in the early 20th century, is a high-quality, dual-purpose chicken breed. Lamona hens typically lay more than 200 eggs a year.
In this final of four parts, we learn how chickens adapted to what they couldn't escape via migration. Molting for winter months is a perfect example.
Mobile processing units are portable setups with equipment to process chickens for meat. The low-cost method lets farmers handle their own poultry harvests.
The design and cost of a coop varies with needs and budget. This light, mobile coop lets chickens spend days roaming fenced areas and nights secured inside.
Coyotes are becoming more common throughout the U.S., and they're showing up during daylight hours. Here's what you can do.
Predators that climb, dig, fly and reach through fencing require different means of prevention. Here's how to guard your chickens against which ones.
Chickens editors asked for photos, and readers sent them in. Here are some of the best.
Looking to increase your flock? When buying chickens, familiarize yourself with these factors before deciding on any autumn poultry offering.
Many stray animals made their way into my backyard—and my care—in northern Florida. A one-eyed rooster I named Cogburn was the first of my chickens.
