More than 13 million homeowners raise backyard chickens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and that number is expected to grow over the next several years. You can rear chickens in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For most Americans, eggs matter a lot. In a year, an average ...

The typical life of an egg-laying chicken is beginning to change dramatically. Ninety percent of the eggs we eat come from chickens that live in long lines of wire cages, about eight birds to a cage.

With a few updates, an old play set can make the ideal backyard coop. Learn how to make a playhouse turned chicken coop! Read how a chicken owner repurposed an out-of-use children’s play set into the ...

Chickens stand in an enriched, or colony, cage system that gives them a darkened area for nesting at the JS West farm in 2011 in Atwater, Calif. For the past two years, at an undisclosed location in ...

With a name like "chicken wire," you'd think this popular metal fencing product is a bit of a one-trick pony, but it's actually anything but. Sure, you can use chicken wire for building safe ...