Before setting up a backyard coop, check local ordinances for any restrictions on raising chickens. Coops need adequate space, ventilation and predator protection to ensure the health and safety of ...

On a small homestead, the most expensive mistake with spring chicks is not a fancy feeder or the wrong breed, it is bringing ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...

Spring is finally here! The days are getting longer, the grass is getting greener, and your chickens? They’re ready to party. After a long, sleepy winter, your backyard flock is stretching its wings, ...

Batrice Jepkemoi feeding her one-week-old chicks at her chicken brooder at Kipkorgot in Uasin Gishu County. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard] I have always emphasised to poultry farmers that the best ...

When it comes to breeding a coop of Valheim chickens, it all sounds fairly easy at face value. Incubate eggs, let them hatch, and watch your brood grow. However, before you get too heavily invested in ...

As someone who’s been raising chickens for years, I know how frustrating it can be when your laying hens start producing fewer eggs during the winter months. Here are my tips and what foods increase ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Phil Holman-Hebert of Sweetlove Farm talks with us all about raising broiler chickens, including what defines a broiler, things to think about when ...