There’s a few things you need to know about chickens when you’re waiting for them to hatch, according to 6-year-old Theron Gough. One, it’s really fun to bang on nails when you’re building a place for ...

Is the price of eggs making you want to jump on the chicken bandwagon? Be sure you check your local ordinances regarding chickens before you make your decision. We both enjoy fresh eggs from our ...

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Use this guide created to learn the ins and outs of feeding, watering, brooder heat, and bedding for your first chicks. Deciding to keep chickens is an important step for most people interested in ...

It started innocently enough. In the spring of 2010, shortly after Duluth, Minnesota, passed an ordinance allowing residents to keep chickens, my husband, Jason, came home from the feed store bearing ...

Chickens cannot independently thermoregulate at hatch and lack opportunity to behaviorally thermoregulate with a hen in the egg layer industry, thus barns are heated to thermoneutral temperatures.

GICHANGI, Kenya, Aug 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers in Kenya's Laikipia County have found a clever way to reduce their use of wood for fuel while raising more chickens for cash: an ...