Backyard chickens have shifted from novelty to normal, but the disease pressure around them has shifted too. With highly ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...

If you don’t have your own backyard flock, you may not believe that the chicken pecking order is real, let alone that it’s ...

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 ...

KSHB 41 reporter Claire Bradshaw covers eastern Jackson County, including Blue Springs and Independence. Share your story idea with Claire The Blue Springs City Council discussed Monday night the ...

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 ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed tightening the laws in her budget plan. Backyard chickens in Takoma Park, Md. Lexey Swall/The Washington Post via Getty Images — -- Backyard chickens might soon ...

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 ...