There’s more to consider than fresh eggs when raising chickens at home. For gardeners, that includes keeping both chickens and plants safe and productive. Chickens love to dig in the dirt, and that ...

Kimberly Reddinger Weit’s backyard chickens keep her well-stocked with eggs. Mary, Brooklyn, Fraya and their sisters are also entertainment. They peck out tunes on a xylophone and ride a swing. In ...

A chicken sits in the grass in a backyard in Texas while others walk along a brick wall. Live chickens have been flying off the shelves at Wabash Feed & Garden in north Houston. "I got 100 hens last ...

TO SKYROCKET, AND THE DEMAND FOR EGG THAT’S NOT GOING DOWN AT ALL. WELL, THE BIRD FLU OUTBREAK HAS KILLED MILLIONS OF EGG LAYING HENS, REDUCING THE EGG SUPPLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YEAH. AND AS FAMILIES ...

Gardening. One of the easiest ways to make a chicken coop environmentally friendly is to combine it with a vegetable garden. Chickens produce high-quality, nitrogen-rich, nontoxic, free fertilizer, so ...

Learn what to feed chickens in winter and how to keep them safe while they aid you in preparing the garden for next year’s growing season. This article is also in audio form for your listening ...

With the price of eggs soaring, more people are looking into keeping backyard chickens. It's a pastime that grew with the ...

HOUSTON, Texas – The avian bird flu has wiped out tens of millions of healthy chickens across the United States and has resulted in sky-high egg prices at the grocery store. In fact, from December ...

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The urban chicken ordinance is waiting for final approval from the Metropolitan Planning Commission and the city council.If passed, the ordinance would allow city homeowners to keep up to six hens on ...