Bird flu is back in the headlines, and if you keep a few hens behind the garage or a full mixed flock on the edge of town, ...

Rapid City group proposes ordinance to allow backyard chickens, aiming for June ballot. Plan includes limits, coop rules, and ...

A Sheridan couple has invented a smart-home system that automates coop care for people who keep backyard chickens. Their Hen ...

Somehow or other, it has become the mark of twenty-first century urban hipness to keep a bunch of birds out back. We're mostly talking hens. Exact numbers are unavailable, but the trend has become ...

Lisle has joined the ranks of DuPage County towns allowing residents to own backyard hens. Last week, the Lisle village board voted 5 to 1 to approve an ordinance amending its village codes on animal ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Backyards have gone to the birds! With everyone from Jennifer Garner to Carrie Underwood flocking to the ...

Record-high egg prices have more consumers considering backyard chickens, but farm rescues say they are expensive and hard to care for.

The legislation, House Bill 806, would still let local governments regulate backyard chickens, including imposing setback ...

The clucking of backyard hens may soon become a permissible sound in Lombard. On Thursday, the Lombard board of trustees indicated they would strongly be in favor of establishing policies for "keeping ...

The Citizens of Blue Springs for Backyard Hens made T-shirts, went door to door and stayed known at city council meetings. KSHB 41 reporter Claire Bradshaw covers eastern Jackson County, including ...