By managing light, nutrition, molt schedules, and other things like nutrition, housing, and health, commercial farms can help ...

Here’s a novel way to help the environment and lower your grocery bills at the same time: Keep some chickens in your backyard. The “urban chicken” movement has transformed from trend into tradition ...

You'll be shocked how many eggs they produce!

For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

UC Davis today (Nov. 19) unveiled its new Pastured Poultry Farm, home to 150 young laying chickens and a living laboratory where students and researchers hope to develop innovative solutions ...

Shannin Rettig enjoys raising all types of chickens. She especially loves seeing the different-colored eggs they produce. Along with the standard white and brown, her heritage birds lay dark brown-, ...