CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...

Jennifer Johnson wants to raise chickens – a dream she's had for nearly a decade. Still, it took until early February, after a dramatic spike in egg prices, for Johnson to convince her husband to say ...

SUNSET PARK — Jennifer, Emily, Katherine and Sara snoop around looking for food on the ground in a spacious backyard in Sunset Park that houses four plots brimming with tomatoes, eggplants, peppers ...

Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak. Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic. But if eggs ...

Katie Hitt and her family are renting these chickens for the next year from Four Feathered Hens in St. Louis. Her three young kids have named the birds Hei Hei, Feathers, Sweethearts and Lego Man.

You need to take extra precautions when handling the chickens and their eggs. “Backyard poultry specifically can have salmonella germs in their poop and on their bodies, even when they look healthy ...