Raising chickens seems to be getting more popular every year. So it’s no surprise that new “how-to” books are being published. Here are a few for homeowners who already have chickens as well as those ...

In recent years, there’s been a growing trend toward sustainability and self-sufficiency, with more and more families ...

Keeping Chickens is part of the Homemade Living Series that encourages people to embrace local, seasonal food and take an interest in knowing how and where your food is produced. It suggests people ...

Alice Walker looked at the fresh eggs in her hand and remembered. The neighbor's gift reminded the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of paying for her childhood music lessons with her family's eggs in ...

Learn how to hatch chicken eggs with a light bulb in a homemade egg incubator with information on types of incubators, heat, humidity, ventilation, and hatching. Our start with chicken-raising was ...

“Like most people, I initially got chickens because I wanted a source of eggs from hens who I knew had lived good lives,” freelance journalist Tove Danovich says. “It kind of spiraled from there.” ...

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