a poultry first-aid kit, sand, and predator-proofing materials (this isn’t even getting into raising baby chicks). Backyard chicken keepers call the first egg the “thousand dollar egg.” ...

During national egg shortage and price increases, area chicken owners provide advice on raising chickens in your own backyard.

In California, for instance, farms that raise broiler chickens typically operate multiple stand-alone buildings with separate ventilation systems, entryways and exits. Biosecurity measures like ...

With the rising costs of eggs and other poultry products, as well as a growing concern about a nation-wide outbreak of bird flu, the idea of raising chickens at home can be an attractive one. But ...

As people scramble for solutions amid the egg shortage, Denver7 spoke with one family seeing firsthand, the success of ...

With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and ...

It was nearly two years ago when Angelia Taylor first heard about owning backyard chickens online. “Honestly, I was seeing it all over Facebook,” Taylor, of Camden County, New Jersey ...

With egg prices at historic highs, Modesto has seen an uptick of interest in backyard chicken tending. Those considering ...

Raising broiler chickens is an excellent youth project for beginners to livestock exhibiting. Chickens are considerably easier to handle, require less space, and are less expensive than other species.

The egg and turkey industries back a vaccine regimen, while farmers who raise broilers — chickens for meat — oppose it unless there are guarantees that global trade, a significant share of ...