In general, chickens make amazing pets. Getting chickens “for the kids” is a heartwarming idea that conjures up images of sun-dappled yards, giggling children collecting eggs, and cuddly hens nestled ...

Twelve-year-old Zac Mueller has been raising chickens for several years as 4-H projects at his parent’s home on the outskirts of Salmon, Idaho. “I started 4 years ago in 4-H but actually started ...

Marie Petty never expected to get the nickname "Mother Hen." After raising eight chickens in her backyard, though, she has earned it. She and her husband, Kyle, raised the chickens to give to ...

Chickens furnish the eggs and many of the dinners I like, but they also remind me of the ammonia-laden fowl air I breathed as I cleaned out the shed that housed 300 hens with a shovel and pitchfork on ...

Kids in Cherokee County spend years raising chickens, pigeons and rabbits, and a ribbon at a county fair is a prize they hold dear. On the second day of the Cherokee County Fair, at the Cherokee ...