Raising chickens for eggs can be rewarding, but — as I wrote previously — it requires a commitment of time and money. If you do it properly, you will never have a shortage of fresh eggs, year-round.

I will never forget, as a young girl, the first time I heard a male ring-necked pheasant call for a mate, and I asked my father who was strangling a cat! He patiently explained to me what a ...

Thanks to the support of some sportsmen’s clubs, who underwrote the cost of raising the chicks, raising the day-old chicks still remained a popular 4-H project. Today, applications are made to DEC, by ...

Spring is a typical time to start a flock of chickens. With bird flu on the rise, egg prices also have been high. But raising chicks into your own flock isn't as easy or inexpensive as you might think ...