This edition of the Happy Homestead talks about raising your own laying hens from hatching all the way up to full grown hens ...

A lot of Easter traditions – including hot cross buns and lamb on Sunday – stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan beliefs. The chocolate Easter egg, however, is a more modern twist ...

The Araucanas lay so many colors of eggs that their nickname, "the Easter egg chicken," is most apt. Different breeds of chickens lay different-colored eggs.