Learn how chickens handle cold, why frozen water is dangerous, and how dry bedding and airflow prevent winter health risks.

Unpredictability of grocery costs can push people to look for alternative options. With research and planning, raising backyard chickens is one solution to economic uncertainty. Chickens can be a ...

Thinking about going green in your backyard? With big trends and buzz words like sustainability, homesteading and “green” living making the rounds online, there can be confusion around the rules. From ...

A Sheridan couple has invented a smart-home system that automates coop care for people who keep backyard chickens. Their Hen ...

Raising backyard chickens is a growing trend embraced by some seeking a more sustainable lifestyle, but causing controversy and debate in urban and suburban areas across southwest Ohio. Backyard ...

Bird flu is back in the headlines, and if you keep a few hens behind the garage or a full mixed flock on the edge of town, ...

Over the past several years, what once seemed like a niche rural hobby has quietly crossed into suburban backyards: keeping pet chickens. According to the American Pet Products Association, about 11 ...

BAXTER — Rules regulating backyard chickens will get a fresh look after a resident asked the Baxter City Council for greater flexibility on the lot size required to keep them. Resident Lucy Felton, ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Urban chicken coop keepers in Philadelphia are hopeful that the city may overturn a ...

Celebrities like Jennifer Garner, David Beckham and Meghan Markle are embracing backyard chicken keeping, transforming it ...