State agricultural officials have detected bird flu in a flock of backyard chickens and are urging poultry owners to practice ...

A Sheridan couple has invented a smart-home system that automates coop care for people who keep backyard chickens. Their Hen ...

Record-high egg prices have more consumers considering backyard chickens, but farm rescues say they are expensive and hard to care for.

The Win World Chicken Swing Set is exactly what it sounds like. It's a wooden playground made just for chickens, with ...

Lisle has joined the ranks of DuPage County towns allowing residents to own backyard hens. Last week, the Lisle village board voted 5 to 1 to approve an ordinance amending its village codes on animal ...

Somehow or other, it has become the mark of twenty-first century urban hipness to keep a bunch of birds out back. We're mostly talking hens. Exact numbers are unavailable, but the trend has become ...

KSHB 41 reporter Claire Bradshaw covers eastern Jackson County, including Blue Springs and Independence. Share your story idea with Claire The Blue Springs City Council discussed Monday night the ...

Rapid City group proposes ordinance to allow backyard chickens, aiming for June ballot. Plan includes limits, coop rules, and ...

WATERVILLE (WGME) – A Waterville resident is pushing to change the city’s rules on backyard chickens. Leo St. Peter spoke ...

The Citizens of Blue Springs for Backyard Hens made T-shirts, went door to door and stayed known at city council meetings. KSHB 41 reporter Claire Bradshaw covers eastern Jackson County, including ...

The clucking of backyard hens may soon become a permissible sound in Lombard. On Thursday, the Lombard board of trustees indicated they would strongly be in favor of establishing policies for "keeping ...