Record-high egg prices have more consumers considering backyard chickens, but farm rescues say they are expensive and hard to care for.

I’ll admit, I jumped on the backyard chicken raising wagon last year. I probably would not have done so if I had joined all the backyard chicken raising groups beforehand. There’s, apparently, a lot ...

Backyard chickens have shifted from novelty to normal, but the disease pressure around them has shifted too. With highly ...

The legislation, House Bill 806, would still let local governments regulate backyard chickens, including imposing setback ...

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 ...

Learn how chickens handle cold, why frozen water is dangerous, and how dry bedding and airflow prevent winter health risks.

Philadelphia backyard chicken owners are concerned that the avian flu spreading through the U.S. will affect their chickens. (Courtesy of Doug Zajaczkowski) A deadly flu virus has been spreading in ...

Katie Hitt and her family are renting these chickens for the next year from Four Feathered Hens in St. Louis. Her three young kids have named the birds Hei Hei, Feathers, Sweethearts and Lego Man.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed tightening the laws in her budget plan. Backyard chickens in Takoma Park, Md. Lexey Swall/The Washington Post via Getty Images — -- Backyard chickens might soon ...

The new set of rules establishes a $50 permit fee, limits on how many chickens residents can own and more. Here's what to know.

Bird flu hits a backyard flock of chickens and ducks in Dallas County after killing an estimated 200 Canada geese killed at ...