A Press Democrat reporter and backyard chicken raiser takes a closer look at what it takes to raise her chickens.

Faced with high egg prices, some residents are turning to backyard flocks. But experts advise to check first -- it may not be ...

Residents are exploring backyard chickens as an egg supply solution due to rising prices. The exact rules vary across the ...

A Red Star hen, a hybrid breed that lays large brown eggs, stands on eggs inside her coop at Historic Wagner Farm ... of ...

It’s a reason why eggs over the past few months have become limited in areas and prices significantly inflated, but there are ...

I know how many eggs a chicken lays in a day. But no matter what Trump says, raising chickens at home has not saved my family ...

While backyard flocks are making a comeback in some communities across Wisconsin, experts say it pays to find out whether or ...

For a flock of, say, six chickens, that translates to a 6'-by-4' nesting coop ... flock size is 5 or 6 hens,” says Lisa. Reason(s) being: you won’t need a coop much larger than a doghouse ...

It’s a scene that keeps repeating itself, again and again, on poultry farms large and small across America.

There is nothing like getting up at 6 a.m. in the pouring rain to slog through your backyard to the coop ... hens to the hawks. It’s always extremely traumatic. So, here’s the truth about ...

Hyland rents her hens through Rent the Chicken, a company that provides ... He offers a rent-to-own option, with a 6-by-8-foot coop costing $2,800 to buy or $118 per month to rent.