The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person’s vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency. Broodiness is a behavior a hen can exhibit ...

Why did the chicken cross the road? If that chicken is Chirp, then she was on her way to chicken jail. What did this feathered felon do—dig up some seedlings? Bully the basil? Stage a great escape ...

The hands-on homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres clean a chick brooder and provide nutritious treats for a healthy flock.

We’re trying to get the depleted (we think raccoons) chicken flock to reproduce itself, but I am not confident.You’d think that reproductive behaviors — not that kind! This is a family newspaper — ...