Category Backyard Chickens

Can you have chickens in city limits? We checked the codes for the 50 largest US cities: hen limits, rooster bans, permits and coop setbacks.

A printable chicken breeds chart comparing 21 backyard breeds by eggs per year, egg color, cold and heat hardiness and temperament.

Free chicken coop size calculator. Enter your flock size and breed to get coop, run, roost and nest box sizes based on university extension guidance.

The average price of a dozen eggs today, with a price of eggs chart back to 2019, egg prices by month and year, store prices at Walmart, Aldi and Costco, and the 2026 forecast.

I recently purchased a chicken tractor and after a hawk attack, I have mostly kept my chickens locked in the tractor which is an Omlet Eglu. After a few days, I noticed they were less fluffy and looked thinner. Then…

Backyard chicken keeping has become one of the fastest-growing homesteading trends in America and for good reason. Rising grocery prices, interest in self-sufficiency, and the joy of collecting fresh eggs each morning have all fueled this movement. But how much…

When it comes to taking care of a broody hen, especially if you are doing it for your first time, it can seem tricky and stressful, but luckily, it doesn’t have to be. The only objective is to keep those…

Most chicken owners are animal lovers and do not want their chickens to hurt in any way. They do all that they can to make sure that their chickens are kept safe, healthy, and happy. One thing that they do…

Feeding your chickens can be confusing with all the different types of chicken feeds out there. Not only do you need to select the right food to get them growing or laying, but what is the best form of chicken…

There are enough reports of owners finding their chickens dead in swimming pools, ponds, and even large drinking basins to make it easy to assume that these birds cannot swim. But is this really true? Chickens are capable of floating…