I hadn’t kept bantams until, about six years ago, a friend gave me two Lavender Pekins. Quickly named Pam and Betty, after my beloved Bolton aunt and granny, they proved as feisty and formidable as ...

Ducks can be prolific layers. Choose the best heritage poultry breeds: chicken, discover a duck, get a gaggle of geese, or take home some turkeys. Poultry are among the most diverse and useful animals ...

Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] One of the interesting facts about the history of that breed is that the US Department of Agriculture Research Center at Beltsville, Maryland developed that breed over seven ...

Bantam breeds are turning the tables on the old notions that chickens and urban areas don’t mix. The bantam category is filled with breeds of chickens that are smaller than standard-sized birds — some ...