A Sheridan couple has invented a smart-home system that automates coop care for people who keep backyard chickens. Their Hen ...

Unpredictability of grocery costs can push people to look for alternative options. With research and planning, raising backyard chickens is one solution to economic uncertainty. Chickens can be a ...

NEW YORK — Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak. Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic.

LASCASSAS, Tenn. (WTVF) — We've all seen the high price of eggs at the grocery store. In February, eggs hit an all-time high of $8.12 per dozen! And according to the USDA, prices could climb another ...

With egg prices routinely up at the grocery store, more and more Americans are adding new two-legged friends into their households – backyard chickens. A study published last year found that there are ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Eggs at the grocery store are going up in price, in part due to bird flu outbreaks across the country. That price hike has some people considering backyard chickens, which have become ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...

As Chicago-area shoppers hesitate to reach into grocery coolers when they see the price of eggs, Jim Irwin enjoys going out to his backyard chicken coop on Chicago’s Northwest Side, and Annie Lawson ...

LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Record-breaking temperatures in Nevada this summer have proven deadly for pets and humans. KVVU reports the heat has killed a number of backyard chickens. Rusty and Dusty ...