Feeding chickens in the summer months seems fairly easy. We let ours free range – with supervision since we have a den of foxes around – and they eat pretty much anything and everything, especially ...

The short answer is, no, it's not automatically cheaper to raise chickens than buy eggs, especially considering the ...

Here's my main feeding and drinking station for my chickens. It consists of 2 x 20 ltr drums of water which lasts several ...

Wondering what to feed chickens in winter? After 10 years of raising chickens in Iowa where winter temperatures regularly plunge below -20°F, I’ve learned a thing or two about keeping my flock happy ...

Whether you are raising a couple of backyard chickens or a flock of one hundred, Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens (Storey Publishing, 2010) is the only book you need to keep your birds healthy and ...

In olden days, wealthy people were the ones raising chickens while cows and goats belonged to the poor. Why? A ruminant animal could always be fed by tethering it in common ground while poultry ...

Making a frittata with eggs fresh from your backyard chicken coop is the ultimate farm-to-table experience. And raising chickens in a Brooklyn backyard is easier than you might think. Chicken coops ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Spring is here, Easter is approaching, and that means baby chickens. You might even think about raising your own chickens. If so you definitely want to make sure you read up on ...

The news that the FDA has forced Pfizer's (PFE) Alpharma unit to stop selling its arsenic-containing drug roxarsone to chicken growers will no doubt come as a total surprise to most Americans, who are ...