Well, for now at least, Palm Coast is permitting up to four chickens per house — hens only, no roosters. A small flock of ...

There are several types of respiratory diseases that plague chickens. This article will discuss some of the more common diseases backyard chicken owners may encounter. Here is a breakdown of the ...

DeLand residents are now permitted to keep backyard chickens after the City Commission’s unanimous vote to approve a new ...

The backyard chicken trend isn't going away anytime soon — The Washington Post recently detailed the birds' growing role as icons of Silicon Valley.

Start with coop-eration . I began asking my city, La Mesa, Calif., to legalize backyard chickens in late 2009. They quickly put the issue on the city council agenda, and then promptly voted to ...

Backyard chickens, even though they live outside, still need the same TLC you'd give to any animal you own. You wouldn't have a cat and never clean the litter box.

Backyard chicken keepers call the first egg the “thousand dollar egg.” There is also a time commitment. While chickens are less work than, say, walking a dog multiple times a day, ...

Avian flu killed or led to the deaths of 470 domestic birds at a live bird market in Onondaga County in March, according to ...

As the steward of four sweet but dimwitted backyard chickens, I'll caution that it's more expensive than you think—but with prices spiking as high as $1 per egg in some areas, it may be worth ...

Backyard chickens weren’t always illegal in Philadelphia. In 2004, killjoy Republican Brian O’Neill (the same person responsible for the so-called Philly Blunt Ban, ...