Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homeowners hatching a scheme to beat high egg prices by raising chicks in their backyard are in for a wait. Spring chicks will ...

The answer may surprise you. There are various upfront costs to raising chickens like buying the animals and equipment. Consider size, materials, labor, and maintenance before building a chicken coop.

Larimer County Extension specialists Alison O’Connor and Bailey Schilling Recent egg shortages and the high price of eggs have some people wondering if the cost of raising backyard chickens might be ...

Something strange is happening. The financial case for backyard chickens has collapsed, yet more people are building DIY chicken coops than ever. That contradiction is the most interesting story in ...

Jennifer Johnson wants to raise chickens – a dream she's had for nearly a decade. Still, it took until early February, after a dramatic spike in egg prices, for Johnson to convince her husband to say ...

Backyard chickens have gone from fringe hobby to mainstream pet in under a decade. According to the American Pet Products Association, roughly 11 million U.S. households kept them in 2025, nearly ...

Carol Lewis has no regrets about how she voted on the chicken issue. As a longtime member of the St. Cloud, Minn., city council, she’d heard all the arguments. At a December meeting, locals argued ...

Estimates of the number of folks in Sisters Country with backyard chickens vary by source but all place the number in the hundreds. Reasons vary as well and generally mirror data for the U.S. as a ...

Before getting chickens, check local ordinances and HOA rules for permits, lot size, and rooster prohibitions. Chickens require a secure coop to protect them from predators, with adequate indoor and ...

What began as a hobby for Caleb and Danae Groff has helped the southern Lancaster County couple save some money after the avian flu sent egg prices soaring earlier this year. The Groffs began raising ...

Something strange is happening. The financial case for backyard chickens has collapsed, yet more people are building DIY chicken coops than ever. That contradiction is the most interesting story in ...