If the increasing egg prices have you considering the idea of your own backyard egg production, you’re not alone. Raising chickens, like many other homestead-oriented hobbies, has only increased in ...

Children learned about chickens before making feeders for the chickens at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks during the garden's Little Sprouts program. Click here to see more photos from the morning.

Quick Take Pecking orders are real and chickens form dominance hierarchies that influence daily access to food and water, ...

Today we were with the Backyard Chicken Caucus. Don't giggle. What sounds like something cutsie ts a legit group formed during Covid, on Facebook, to get a law changed. The backstory is this; there ...

Tove Danovich decided to dabble in backyard chicken keeping mainly for the fresh eggs. But after she spent some time with her new chickens and started learning about the different varieties, her hobby ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The first thing I notice when we step through white double doors of the growers’ house is that every one of the 1,200 or so chickens in this enormous room stopped whatever it was ...

Have you ever wondered what chickens are talking about? Chickens are quite the communicators—their clucks, squawks, and purrs are not just random sounds but a complex language system. These sounds are ...

Chickens can make a delightful addition to your backyard or farm. These quirky birds can provide your family with ethically raised eggs, meat, and countless hours of entertainment. If you’re planning ...

Poultry scientists are unraveling the complexities of bird brains and finding less expensive ways to do it. The scientists mapped the intricate neurological pathways that control vision in chickens ...

Have you ever wondered what chickens are talking about? Chickens are quite the communicators — their clucks, squawks, and purrs are not just random sounds but a complex language system. These sounds ...