Learn about methods for breeding heritage chickens to achieve a hardy and productive flock designed for the modern homesteader. Many of us who keep backyard flocks are aware that industrial chicken ...

Red Junglefowl - Gallus gallus tropical bird in the family Phasianidae. It is the primary progenitor of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).© Martin Pelanek/Shutterstock.com Everyone has ...

In 2004 the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) conducted a chicken census. The results were astounding: of 70 chicken breeds maintained in the United States, half were endangered and 20 were ...

Backyard chickens. Yard birds. Or as I call these clucking neighbors: the most popular egg-laying pet in my community — we even fundraise for our schools using the annual Tour de Cluck. My friends who ...

Walk past the deli counter of almost any American grocery store and you’ll see it: a golden-brown rotisserie chicken still hovering stubbornly around $4.99—even as the prices of eggs, beef, and just ...

Keeping backyard chickens comes with plenty of perks! Not only do they provide fresh, nutritious eggs that are healthier and taste better than store-bought ones, therefore helping save on your ...

TIANJIN - Hu Jinyan, 58, used her smartphone to watch real-time videos of chickens' living conditions and their surroundings through a visualization system installed in her chicken breeding base. As ...

It looks like a chicken, walks like a chicken, sounds like a chicken. But it’s not a chicken. It’s art. Or rather, it is a chicken and art and even a science experiment of sorts. For the last 20 years ...