7 tips for raising backyard chickens, from picking a breed to having an exit strategy. May 19, 2020. Humans have been keeping chickens, like these in a Brooklyn backyard, for thousands of years.

The summer months can be a struggle for backyard birds and their caretakers, but understanding how to keep them cool during a ...

Hi! I'm Alexa, author of the blog TheDuvallHomestead.com where I write about farm to table eating and homemade natural living. 15 years ago I started learning how to cook real food with real ...

You love your new backyard chickens and their eggs. Unfortunately, so do raccoons, hawks, coyotes, foxes and other varmints too numerous to mention. Here's how to keep your flock safe and productive.

The backyard chicken renaissance lifted off the ground — awkwardly, slightly, like a prairie chicken flapping into a tree — during the pandemic. Food supply lines tapered to a trickle.

Avian flu killed or led to the deaths of 470 domestic birds at a live bird market in Onondaga County in March, according to ...

A growing number of San Antonians are learning that yes, indeed, the chicken came first. In the past three months, Jimmy Manger, daytime manager at Alamo Feed & Pet Supply, has sold more than 400 ...

Christine Shiel, nature program manager for the Geneva Park District, knows if you want to raise chickens in your backyard, there’s more to it than throwing out some grain and listening for c… ...

People want to keep chickens, ... In Cranston, meanwhile, former mayor Allan Fung vetoed an ordinance that would have allowed backyard chickens in 2012.