Record-high egg prices have more consumers considering backyard chickens, but farm rescues say they are expensive and hard to care for.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Backyards have gone to the birds! With everyone from Jennifer Garner to Carrie Underwood flocking to the ...

Quick Take Pecking orders are real and chickens form dominance hierarchies that influence daily access to food and water, ...

Lisle has joined the ranks of DuPage County towns allowing residents to own backyard hens. Last week, the Lisle village board voted 5 to 1 to approve an ordinance amending its village codes on animal ...

The clucking of backyard hens may soon become a permissible sound in Lombard. On Thursday, the Lombard board of trustees indicated they would strongly be in favor of establishing policies for "keeping ...

Somehow or other, it has become the mark of twenty-first century urban hipness to keep a bunch of birds out back. We're mostly talking hens. Exact numbers are unavailable, but the trend has become ...

A research veterinarian gives practical advice to homeowners for how to protect themselves and their flocks from bird flu.

Recently, the Franklin County Economic Development and Planning Department passed a resolution to recommend small flocks of backyard hens in our county as a way to improve the county's food security, ...

The Citizens of Blue Springs for Backyard Hens made T-shirts, went door to door and stayed known at city council meetings. KSHB 41 reporter Claire Bradshaw covers eastern Jackson County, including ...

The new set of rules establishes a $50 permit fee, limits on how many chickens residents can own and more. Here's what to ...

The Chattanooga city council is considering an ordinance that would allow people to keep chickens on their property within city limits. The ordinance comes with several restrictions. According to ...