In 2020, the number of American households keeping backyard chickens increased to 13 percent. While two-thirds of those homeowners consider their chickens pets, half keep them for fresh eggs. In ...

The question of whether to allow backyard chickens came up again Nov. 18 at Skokie’s Village Board meeting after a trustee proposed repealing the village’s ban on the birds. Trustee James Johnson ...

Jennifer Johnson wants to raise chickens – a dream she's had for nearly a decade. Still, it took until early February, after a dramatic spike in egg prices, for Johnson to convince her husband to say ...

The number of families with backyard poultry has risen significantly in the past several years, Cadillac area educators ...