The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres demonstrate how to efficiently accelerate the decomposition process of your compost ...

The family-owned Miller Poultry will invest nearly $90 million to expand its facility on Kidron Road. The 90,000-square-foot expansion at 5889 Kidron Road will expand operations by more than 40% and ...

Even those who have long supported allowing backyard chickens in Paxton are not so happy with the proposed new regulations ...

Matt Maier, owner of Becker, Minn.-based, 23-year-old Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed, grew up on a family farm in central ...

Bird flu is back, and your backyard chickens could be at risk. Here's how to spot it and keep them safe.

Raising backyard chickens used to be a rural pursuit. It isn’t anymore. Suburban lots, small urban yards and even rented properties now host the kind of small flocks that were o ...

A free range chicken is pictured at a farm in Strathkinness, Fife in Scotland. CARL DE SOUZA CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images So you’re thinking about getting backyard chickens. Maybe a neighbor has ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in seabirds in two Australian states. But don’t be fooled by the name: this virus also rapidly infects other animals. It has caused havoc in poultry ...

The site known as Alligator Alcatraz is quickly becoming a thing of the past. National Hurricane Center monitoring new area for possible tropical development in Gulf The National Hurricane Center is ...

Stuart officials are considering a new law that would allow esidents to keep backyard chickens, despite concerns about water pollution.

EDGEWATER, Fla. – Edgewater police and city leaders are moving forward with a proposed ordinance aimed at regulating backyard chickens as more residents already keep hens at home. “I get probably at ...

At some point between grocery sticker shock on egg prices and the sudden urge to make sourdough from scratch, backyard chickens became less like something only Ree Drummond would be excited about and ...