Raising backyard chickens doesn't have to break the bank. The rising popularity of urban poultry has Iowans searching for the best ways to house their feathered friends. While constructed coops ...

Last year, Sam Tobin’s fifth grade teacher brought in cute little chicks for the students to pet. Instantly, Sam knew he wanted chicks and chickens of his own. Love at first sight would not be enough ...

It’s hard to know what was the most exhilarating to witness on Sunday’s Silicon Valley Tour de Coop: the ingenuity in urban backyard chicken farms, the subtle shades of fresh eggs or the beauty of a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Raleigh's annual chicken coop tour, the Tour D' Coop, will begin on Saturday. About two dozen homes will open their yards to visitors to see their chicken coops and learn about ...

The hardware cloth covering the opening to Mike Munsterman’s coop obscures the chickens inside. Lawrence E. Jenkins - Special Contributor Coops on the Nov. 7 Oak Cliff Coop Snoop were chosen for their ...

affectionately known as “the chicken lady.” The special education teacher at P177Q, The Robin Sue Ward School for Exceptional Children in Fresh Meadows, runs the first public school chicken coop in ...

Pets are usually thought of in terms of cats or dogs, but one woman is hoping to bring chickens into the mix here in Pittsburgh. Jody Noble feeds six chickens in her Highland Park backyard — Gregory ...

They may live in residential North Liberty, but Clint and Kristi Carne have had farm chickens on the mind for some time. She was raised in rural Northwest Iowa and has always liked the idea of fresh ...

It’s been like a 2-by-4 aside the head. There’s nothing like $4 gas and $3.50 milk to get people thinking differently. For 30 some years the tree-loving, hemp-wearing crowd has been preaching to an ...

Egg prices have soared over the past year, according a January report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — a dozen large averaging $5.97 in California. People are starting to chatter: Are chicken ...