Backyard chickens are now America's third most popular pet - here's how to start your own flock from scratch.

Backyard chickens paid for themselves at $6.23 an egg carton. Here's what the 2026 math really looks like.

The financial case for backyard chickens has collapsed, yet more people are building DIY chicken coops than ever. That ...

There are more than 85 million backyard chickens in the United States. Here's what you need to know before starting your own flock.

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 ...

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 ...

As egg prices continue to rise, more and more people are considering raising chickens in their own backyards. From 2018 to 2020, at-home chicken ownership jumped from 8% to 13% nationally, according ...

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.

A chicken sits in the grass in a backyard in Texas while others walk along a brick wall. Live chickens have been flying off the shelves at Wabash Feed & Garden in north Houston. "I got 100 hens last ...

The Rapid City Public Library hosted a class Saturday all about raising backyard chickens, a seminar that comes on the heels ...