Standing near a bright red chicken coop in unincorporated Cook County near Lansing, Adam Barker collected a fresh egg and cleaned it while four chickens walked around the 8-by-4 foot coop. Barker, … ...

Coop's high-tech enclosures aim to “democratize chickens" by taking the guesswork out ... “We spent more than 10,000 hours designing our chicken coop,” its site ... June 20, at 11:59 p.m ...

Her Amish-built small chicken coop houses up to five chickens at a cost of $1,300. ... With four good egg-laying chickens, folks could expect an average of 20 eggs a week.

The city of Darien is not unique in this endeavor. Since the pandemic started, at least 20 municipalities across the country have changed their rules to allow backyard chicken farms. An additional ...