I think back to my childhood growing up in Madison County, after our family moved out from Jackson. I remember when Highway 51 was a two-lane road all the way to Canton. Sledge’s was one of the few ...

For Christin New, whose multigenerational family moved from Redwood City, California, to a 2-acre home in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains in 2022, her seven chickens provide the feeling of family pets ...

UT Agriculture extension agent Evangelon James teaching a class about what to know before buying and raising chickens.

Backyard chickens are increasing in popularity due to high egg prices, but they may not be cost-effective for everyone. Chickens require proper biosecurity measures to prevent diseases like avian ...

Chickens and their roost in a Pottstown backyard. (The Mercury file photo) “I think it’s, quote-unquote, ‘finished,’ but I think Laura had problems with the way it was written, and it kinda got tabled ...

My father was a chicken farmer. Well, that may overstate things. In reality, my father was a central school principal who had a few chickens in a coop behind the barn near our house in Little ...

A business is booming as the price of eggs continues to rise. It’s called “Rent the Chicken.” The company works with 45 farms and homesteads across the U.S., including Goffstown, New ...

With the rising cost of eggs, more people may be considering raising backyard chickens for fresh, homegrown eggs. However, ...