Before buying a chicken coop, educate yourself on avian influenza precautions, check local laws, and consider all the expenses. Along with a coop, you need to purchase chickens, feed, and other ...

Before looking at chicken coop designs, determine your jurisdiction—municipality, township, county, parish, or the like. Then, find the ordinances and laws regarding backyard chickens.

Experts say raising chickens isn’t likely to save many inflation-weary consumers money amid the spike in egg prices. But for Johnson, among a growing number of Americans expressing interest in ...