There are many ways backyard hens can die. If you raise them long enough, you’ll see your share. But buff Orpington chickens tend to be survivors. My first clue to their talent for living came when a ...

Shannon Eve with her son Samuel, 7, and daughter Elinor, 13, on May 3 in Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake) Shannon Eve carries one of her larger chickens into the garden where she is keeping ...

Dogs make great pets. So do cats. But chickens? Chicken coops are popping up in more area backyards as the farm-to-table movement comes back in a big way. Raechel Murphy hands her daughter Esther a ...

Black Rock This is really a brand, rather than a breed, as it's a commercial hybrid. This means that you can only buy the females and so can't breed from them, but they're hardy, handsome and reliable ...

Francine Raymond loves chickens. In fact she's so keen on her Buff Orpingtons that she's opened the house to them as she told Melissa Viney... Francine has always loved birds, and never wanted to keep ...