Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the cost of a dozen eggs nearly double from what it was last summer, some folks may be thinking about raising chickens to ...

Carol Lewis has no regrets about how she voted on the chicken issue. As a longtime member of the St. Cloud, Minn., city council, she’d heard all the arguments. At a December meeting, locals argued ...

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 ...

Does the idea of raising your own chickens appeal to you? It's not for everyone (apartment-dwellers, we're looking at you) but it can be a rewarding project. If you haven't taken the plunge yet, you ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. If you can’t get enough omelettes or you want to make a little extra cash selling eggs to ...