Though it’s perfectly valid to keep only hens, roosters that meet a few important criteria can be invaluable additions to the chicken yard.

Expect the unexpected when it comes to your flock’s health with a well-stocked chicken first-aid kit. Here’s what to include to keep your chickens healthy.

When riots break out inside the coop, there’s a good chance a nesting box war is on between the birds. Here’s what that means and what you can do.

Do not get on your hens’ bad side. Step wrong around your poultry and they’ll let loose a string of chicken cursing that’ll make you blush!

Chicken runs are great for protecting birds from predators, and rotational grazing can ensure healthy, nutritious pasture for your flock to enjoy.

You can reduce your fuel and food costs by heating with and eating from your woodlot and yard. Learn the basics of woodlot management.

Regardless of whether a rooster is present, a single hen sits atop the female pecking order. Here’s how the behavior and balance of an alpha hen play out.

Provide your flock with a natural protein block and form of activity via firewood. It can help them thrive during cold-weather months.

Fly-strike is among nature’s most insidious afflictions. Here are ways to prevent your birds from getting it and how to react if they do.

Follow these tips to keep your chicks from piling in a corner of the brooder and smothering one another.