Forks Township’s ordinance regarding pets, defined as “domesticated animals,” does not list chickens, but one resident ...

Well, for now at least, Palm Coast is permitting up to four chickens per house — hens only, no roosters. A small flock of ...

Illinois residents are advised to take down bird feeders and bird baths this spring and keep their small backyard chicken flock inside the coop to prevent the further spread of the avian flu.

National Bird flu fears have backyard chicken coop owners on edge for what’s next. Anxieties are high as experts warn the avian flu outbreak could worsen in the spring, but egg prices are ...

The backyard chicken renaissance lifted off the ground — awkwardly, slightly, like a prairie chicken flapping into a tree — during the pandemic. Food supply lines tapered to a trickle.

Backyard chicken coops continue to be popular. ... She bought them as chicks from a feed store. “I picked them because they were the ones who came to me,” Donnelly said.

— -- Backyard chickens might soon be banned from the nation’s capital, if Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposal to make chicken ownership in the city illegal becomes law. At a news conference on ...

Whether for fresh eggs, companionship, or a deeper connection to nature, keeping chickens offers many benefits. But consider the pros and cons.

Although the Bults’ chickens, with their 472 Insta followers, might get more public exposure than most backyard poultry, the pair certainly wasn’t alone in choosing chickens as pandemic pets.

In backyard chicken enthusiast groups on Facebook, Durley said, the response to bird flu has been mixed, with some in the community expressing skepticism that the threat is real.

In backyard chicken enthusiast groups on Facebook, Durley said, the response to bird flu has been mixed, with some in the community expressing skepticism that the threat is real.