Faced with high egg prices, some residents are turning to backyard flocks. But experts advise to check first -- it may not be ...

A backyard chicken pen remains permissible in single-family residential areas while imposing a $50 first-year permit fee and $25 for each subsequent year that residents maintain chickens.

Local perspective: Milwaukee has allowed people to have four backyard chickens since 2011, but roosters are not allowed. People need to apply for a permit, share a coop site plan and pay a one ...

Two mayoral candidates in Watseka answered questions from the public at a forum March 19. The forum was organized by the ...

Amid a nationwide egg shortage, families in Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights are turning to backyard farming to support their communities.

Five chickens just under a year old arrived at the student-made chicken coop at the Eckerd Community Farm on March 3.

Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered a delay in the enforcement of cage-free chicken farming in Arizona in the hopes of lowering the cost of eggs.

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With the rising cost of eggs, more people may be considering raising backyard chickens for fresh, homegrown eggs. However, ...