Jennifer Johnson wants to raise chickens – a dream she's had for nearly a decade. Still, it took until early February, after a dramatic spike in egg prices, for Johnson to convince her husband to say ...

SUNSET PARK — Jennifer, Emily, Katherine and Sara snoop around looking for food on the ground in a spacious backyard in Sunset Park that houses four plots brimming with tomatoes, eggplants, peppers ...

SAN ANTONIO – Bill Estes, owner of Locke Hill Feed, Pet & Lawn Supply, can’t keep chickens stocked these days because they’re flying off the store shelves. “We are selling so many chickens right now.

Lorain and Mansfield city leaders have recently mulled ordinances to allow residents to own chickens on residential lots, joining other Ohio cities. Lakewood resident April Stoltz happily watched as ...

Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak. Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic. But if eggs ...

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.

NEW YORK — Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak. Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic.

You need to take extra precautions when handling the chickens and their eggs. “Backyard poultry specifically can have salmonella germs in their poop and on their bodies, even when they look healthy ...