Meet Bean, TikToker @bittiesandbuns’ tiniest hen. Dutch Bantam chickens are known for their petite size, and to show just how tiny Bean really is, her family compared her to a few everyday objects. It ...

David Hager has a big hobby. “It’s like playing golf or anything else,” Hager says. “It’s a hobby.” However, Hager’s hobby is raising and showing some 240 bantam chickens at his home in Mount Ulla.

Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...

Keeping a garden well and keeping free-range chickens are not the most naturally compatible of pastimes. Pecking beaks will wreak havoc with delicate, emerging flower buds, and dust-bathing, a ...