Craving a daily supply of fresh eggs, perhaps you’ve decided to join the urban homesteading movement and get yourself a flock of chickens for the backyard. You’ll start indoors with chicks in a box ...

And where there are chicken coops, there are likely to be homeowners who are creative, fun loving and resourceful. Home chicken raising is becoming more popular for various reasons, including the ...

Backyard chicken coops are popping up everywhere! If the idea of raising chickens has piqued your interest, but the thought of building your own chicken coop seems overwhelming or too expensive, ...

With the trend of locally sourced food on the rise, it's no surprise that dozens of major cities are revising their animal ordinances. Rochester is no exception: Backyard chicken coops are growing in ...

You’re a chicken. No, you’re a chicken. Everyone remembers this name-calling contest from childhood, but nowadays that’s becoming a surprising reality for certain members in urban backyards. Chickens ...

Oct. 24, 2011 -- When Owen Taylor got hired six years ago as the "city chicken intern" at Just Food, some people thought his job title was funny. Today no one in the food world would make a peep.

Milagro and Geisha Girl live in a two-level home with a picket fence that wraps around the stilts of their house and a backyard enclosed in wire mesh to keep foxes and raccoons from attacking. Geisha ...

Backyard bird feeders bring color and movement to a yard, but they also change how wild birds move around your property. If ...