The trick to keeping your chickens safe from predators while they graze is balancing freedom with smart security measures.

An Evanston Silkie chicken plays the piano while briefly inside during the December 2025 polar vortex. Because chickens are ...

H5N1 headlines are unsettling for anyone who collects eggs from a coop instead of a carton, but they are also a practical ...

If you’re new to raising a backyard flock or getting ready for an unseasonably cold winter, knowing how to keep chickens warm in winter is a must. Keeping your cherished chooks comfy and cozy on cold ...

Learn how chickens handle cold, why frozen water is dangerous, and how dry bedding and airflow prevent winter health risks.

It’s officially flu season, and humans aren’t the only ones who need to take precautions to avoid getting sick. Bird flu has ...

Here are my five top reasons to keep chickens! Keeping chickens is easy but here are some more good reasons why you should keep these wonderful birds. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre ...

For most of us, summers are getting hotter and drier. Heat stress and dehydration are the number one cause of death for chickens during extreme heat. Before we talk about how to keep your chicken ...

Backyard chickens have seen bumps in popularity in recent years between the at-home isolation of the coronavirus pandemic and inflation and other woes that have pushed up the price of eggs. However, ...

KITTERY, Maine — Is it foul for fowl to roam one’s property? Some Kittery residents have lodged complaints about chickens and roosters kept for non-farming purposes around town. The Town Council is ...

The Waterville council in December 2020 voted to decrease the required minimum lot size for keeping chickens from 10,000 to 8 ...