Wisconsin hatcheries have sold out of chicks this spring because of the bird flu decimating hen populations and increasing ...

As you probably know, you do not need a rooster for your hens to lay eggs; roosters are only necessary if you want baby chicks. In any case, fertilized and unfertilized eggs taste the same.

Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...