CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...

Photo Caption: Margot, the Wellsummer, went through an ugly molting season. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.) It’s fall, and your chicken coop looks like a massacre happened inside with the number of ...

Editor’s Note (7/15/25): This story was updated after posting to remove outdated references. Bird flu briefly blew up egg prices and has killed millions of chickens around the country. Most of these ...

A nationwide egg shortage has sent prices soaring at your local grocery store—and the culprit is H5N1 bird flu. The virus has infected poultry flocks in every US state, with more than 166 million ...

Backyard chickens are now legal in Houston, but before you run out to buy any, better learn the basics. You can keep any number of birds in any sized yard thanks to the Texas Right to Farm Bill. When ...

Tove Danovich decided to dabble in backyard chicken keeping mainly for the fresh eggs. But after she spent some time with her new chickens and started learning about the different varieties, her hobby ...

At first thought, living out your homesteading dreams by getting backyard chickens may seem like a fantastic idea. Who wouldn ...

As spring arrives in Vermont, welcoming a long-awaited season of new life just as egg prices have begun to soar, Vermonters may have more reasons than one this year to take a crack at raising backyard ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. For years, Ms. V wanted chickens in the backyard of her ...