Many people start keeping chickens for the freshly laid eggs and often create a kitchen garden for hand-picked produce too.

The Ohio State University Extension School offers an online course for homeowners navigating poultry care in their backyards.

Heather Weick, center, sits with her rabbit, her dog and her family in her Salina home. Partner Andrew Weick, left, holds the ...

Now, a lot of the flocks, I think and the reason why people like to have chickens is to have them free range so they can walk around but it seems like there’s a concern is to kind of restrict ...

It has been driving people to start their own small flocks in their backyards. Dr. Julie Helm, a poultry veterinarian with Clemson University, says 10 chickens can lay about 50 eggs per week ...

Recent egg shortages and the high price of eggs have some people wondering if the cost of raising backyard chickens might be ...

Although the birds are free-range, they are protected by ... Mike Snow, a Post Mills farmer, said that he finds chickens “endearing.” He has a flock of about 300 and sells eggs as well as ...