Source: Anil Öztas, via Wikimedia Commons. Chickens are experiencing a surge in popularity. In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 85 million backyard or household chickens, making them the third ...

Joe Smeraldi keeps five chickens as pets in Fitchburg and is involved in a protracted legal battle with the city about whether the animals kept as pets count as "agriculture," which is would not be ...

A Union County family that was fined for keeping chickens as pets has scored a big win. The family was originally located in a Waxhaw neighborhood. However, neighborhood rules said they couldn’t own ...

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LOS ANGELES - Being the not-so-proud owner of a gecko and a goldfish, I didn't put another un-cuddly animal high on my list of future pets. A chicken? The thought hadn't occurred to me until a recent ...

CHICAGO -- The same city that put out the welcome mat for bees and fought to protect goose livers is poised to send a different message to residents: We don't want your clucking chickens. The city ...

DANBURY — A proposal to allow chickens as pets on residential streets would invite “significant public health risks” including contaminated groundwater and the spread of poultry-to-human diseases, ...

Chickens are some of the most versatile animals around. They can be great pets, and they can also be a useful source of food. No matter why you plan on keeping chickens, you need to know the best ...

DANBURY – To Alina and Xavier Gomez and their two daughters, raising a half-dozen chickens at their 2-acre home in the spacious southern end of the city is as natural as planting a vegetable garden ...