Cold climate: Black Australorp. These large, dark-colored chickens are pretty friendly and easy to care for, but their claim to fame is their champion egg-laying.

Chickens need a constant supply of protein, calcium, and other essential nutrients to produce eggs. In addition to commercial poultry feed, you can supplement their diet with kitchen scraps ...

Palm Coast's pilot program will issue up to 50 backyard chicken permits, with four fowl each per household. ... Australorps, Sussex, Cochins and Brahmas.

Black chicken breeds include: Black Australorp. Also known as the Australian Orpington, this breed has two variations. The Black Australorp has black feathers with a greenish sheen, ...

The price of eggs is pushing people towards backyard chickens and the poultry showing community hopes it will revive the ...

Baby chicks including Black Australorps, Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons huddle next to each other for warmth in their brooding pen. Kelly Rausch File photo With the rise in the price of ...

The chickens are a hybrid breed known as Hy-Line Brown, which is 90% Rhode Island Red and 10% Australorp. The Australorp was bred into the mix because it allows the chickens to lay eggs for a ...