I love chickens. They are a beautiful bird that not only provides us with endless amounts of eggs and easy to cook, delicious meat, but they are a joy to own. Just to stop what you are doing and watch ...

Our three Ameraucana hens needed a new, larger coop. I wanted a greenhouse with a sink, so my neighbor, Shawn Thompson, an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built my chicken ...

Mariana Greene’s chickens quit laying eggs while she was recuperating from neuroinvasive encephalitis and was unable to properly care for them. But she’s on her feet again and the flock is getting ...

After visiting a commercial hatchery and deploring the living conditions of its chickens, (Martha) Stewart began keeping them in her backyard. Her Ameraucana hens became famous for their pastel-blue ...

The chirping of 70 of the cutest, fluffiest chicks you ever saw filled Pistils Nursery last Tuesday. Customers in the store on Northeast Mississippi Avenue took turns cooing over the newborn birds.

Raising chickens a family affair in Bethlehem Township. Colored eggs are based on genetics. Haines children are members of 4-H. BETHLEHEM TWP. − Who needs the Easter Bunny when you can raise chickens ...

The longer and warmer days have our hens back into regular production, which comes at a great time for us. Eggs are, of course, on the menu almost daily in April. On two separate occasions this winter ...

These pets won't curl up in their owners' laps. They don't affectionately lick faces or blissfully wag their tails. Purring is not in their vocabulary. Nonetheless, Olivia Centanni of Lakeland says ...