Raising chickens in your backyard has become a trend not just for aspiring farmers, but for anyone wanting to be even a little self-sufficient. There's also something meditative about watching hens ...

When designers Kevin McElroy and Matthew Wolpe unveiled their Chick-in-a-Box chicken coop at a 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire for inventors and indie designers, they thought they were onto something.

Starting your own flock requires more than a coop and some chicks. Still, more urban dwellers are counting their chickens. Right now, California boasts about 100,000 backyard premises, with increasing ...

CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ)--A lot of people grow their own fruits and vegetables. Now add chicken, or at least their own eggs, to the menu. Alex DeMetrick reports it's a growing trend and soon may be ...

AVON LAKE – The most wanted Christmas gift this year for Avon Lake residents may just very well be baby chicks. Because, in about 30 days, the ability to keep, raise and care for chickens in an Avon ...

The entire chicken coop can be mobile or stationary. In order to let the ground recouperate, the Wright Design Office website suggests moving the coop and chicken run every two weeks. To view the hens ...