Jan. 7—Rick Olshefski took some good-natured ribbing from friends when he decided to start raising backyard chickens a few years ago. His buddies questioned why Olshefski, formerly of Nanticoke, ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Wake up, Pine Belt! Breakfast just got a little more expensive, again. According to The Associated Press, egg prices rose to $6.23 a dozen last month. While the cost of ...

Interest in backyard chicken coops has exploded as people are at home and facing food insecurity. Experts fear novices could unknowingly spread diseases that kill millions of birds every year and ...

My mornings started with a gentle clucking as the chickens roused themselves from the dusty loft of their coop stationed in my backyard. It was bizarre, but sweet. I never saw myself as a farm-girl ...

DAVIE - As egg prices surge and shortages persist due to the bird flu ravaging poultry flocks, some South Florida residents are turning to backyard chickens as an alternative. But before setting up a ...

I feel guilty as soon as my husband sees the computer screen. He doesn’t even have to say anything. The look on his face says it all: “What the cluck!” I was supposed to be in bed a long time ago, but ...

A hen can produce one egg about every 24 hours, and some chickens turn out to be bullies. These facts and more were shared Saturday at the Backyard Chicken Workshop at Garfield Farm and Inn Museum in ...

When 3-year-old Izabel Lydon comes running into her family’s fenced-in Fort Collins backyard, seven hens start clucking and follow her every move. The only child of Becky and Jared Lydon tosses out ...

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