There are more than 85 million backyard chickens in the United States. Here's what you need to know before starting your own flock.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twelve productive chicken breeds can transform a backyard coop into a reliable egg source. Popular breeds like Rhode Island Red, ...

Backyard chickens are now America's third most popular pet - here's how to start your own flock from scratch.

No farm? No problem. Here's exactly how to build a chicken coop and raise healthy hens in a regular backyard.

Eric Stromberg: [00:00:00] A few reasons to keep roosters on the farm. Some people like the actual noise that they crow and they make a lot of people will keep a rooster as kind of that first line of ...

A free range chicken is pictured at a farm in Strathkinness, Fife in Scotland. CARL DE SOUZA CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images So you’re thinking about getting backyard chickens. Maybe a neighbor has ...

Raising backyard chickens used to be a rural pursuit. It isn’t anymore. Suburban lots, small urban yards and even rented properties now host the kind of small flocks that were once confined to working ...