Just when you think your chickens are done being freeloaders, there are a bunch of food changes and supplements to consider. Up until 20 weeks, chicks are considered to be in the grower/starter stage.

As egg prices skyrocket, you too may be considering if it would be cheaper going straight to the source and raising your own flock. As the steward of four sweet but dimwitted backyard chickens, I'll ...

Raising chickens for eggs can be rewarding, but — as I wrote previously — it requires a commitment of time and money. If you do it properly, you will never have a shortage of fresh eggs, year-round.

Consumers frustrated with high egg prices may either decide to give up their favorite breakfast food, cut out the baking or take the plunge into raising their own laying hens. But experts on raising ...

Shoppers used to picking up the cheapest eggs at the grocery store may now be reaching for higher-end cartons. That’s because bird flu is turbocharging prices of commercially produced eggs, while ...

Back in late spring, I quadrupled the number of sentient beings I’m responsible for when I picked up four chicks at the local ...