Learn which Winter chickens to keep by examining your flock with an eye for chicken culling to remove the hens and roosters that contribute the least. A flock’s laying slows naturally as fall ...

Within the flock, there are a few key functions. In a large flock, the chickens that do not have specific roles sort themselves into their own ranking. When a hen can no longer perform in her specific ...

The number of hens per rooster will depend on the size of your flock, the space available, and the age and personality of your roosters. As a general rule of thumb, it is recommended to have one ...

Brian Cosby from the Provide & Protect channel says he gets the same question over and over: what do you do with old birds ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Those adorable balls of fluff and feathers that were so irresistible at Easter can become a backyard chicken fancier’s worst nightmare when four months later, one starts crowing.

Megan Barrett started having suspicions about the yellow chick when it was 3 weeks old. While the others she’d purchased for her first flock of egg-laying hens were docile, this one was inquisitive ...

An Amity Township family can keep their emotional support chickens, but will have to get rid of a rooster, according to the township zoning hearing board. The board voted unanimously Monday night to ...

A rescue rooster and a one-legged hen have become feathered friends at an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania. Shrimp is the unlikely name of a rescue rooster who was brought to the Here with Us Animal ...

CHICAGO — Tyson Foods is laying off a certain type of rooster from its U.S. chicken business after a surprising discovery that eggs fertilized by the male bird hatch less often, resulting in fewer ...

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BALTIMORE -- A yearslong surge in displaced roosters is overwhelming animal sanctuaries in Maryland and across the country, fueled by a pandemic-born boom in backyard chicken coops and the noisy ...