Backyard chickens are now America's third most popular pet - here's how to start your own flock from scratch.

DIYer and woodworker April Wilkerson walks you through the simple, step-by-step process of constructing your own functional and charming backyard home for chickens.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. The high cost of eggs and the arrival of spring is generating ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...

For years, Naeema Finley noticed other people’s expressions when she told them she was raising chickens in her backyard. A Las Vegas native who lives in Atlanta, Finley brandishes elaborate ...

Source: Anil Öztas, via Wikimedia Commons. Chickens are experiencing a surge in popularity. In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 85 million backyard or household chickens, making them the third ...

On her picturesque farm in the suburbs of Chicago, Kimberly Henny is used to having visitors drop by to snap up fresh eggs, honey and vegetables. But as concerns over bird flu ripple across the ...

I’ll say it loud and proud right now—I am a chicken owner and I’m never going back to a chicken-less house. I still remember the first egg I ever collected from the laying box. It was satisfying and ...