Chickens are some of the most versatile animals around. They can be great pets, and they can also be a useful source of food.

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

Even at record-high prices, eggs are cheaper today because farmers have changed both the hens and the conditions they’re raised in. Hens have been bred to lay 300 eggs a year instead of 150.

Egg prices across the globe have skyrocketed as avian bird flu has ravaged commercial poultry flocks — since the start of the year, more than 30 million egg-laying chickens have been slaughtered ...